I'm quite sure I'll never be a full-on Neander, but I gotta tell ya
that there is indeed great pleasure in working with a quality handtool.

Last night in the shop, sneaking up on fitting the flush-inset drawers
of my 1st project, it was greatly satisfying to use my 1st
purchased-new handplane:

http://www.compassimages.com/pub/Woo...ul_thing01.jpg
http://www.compassimages.com/pub/Woo...ul_thing02.jpg

Thanks, Mr. Lee, for putting it in the box "ready to use." :^)

-Chris