I have to say that I heartily endorse Mark’s wife’s philosophy. If a tool makes you happy and you can afford to splurge then why not? The high quality tools I splurged on will never bring me any cash since I don’t sell anything, but they do bring me joy whenever I use them. That said it’s probably not worth splurging on a fine tool that would not get much use, less use = less joy?

Mike, an American living in Norway