Nice display, Mr Wright. What are the three objects at the bottom of the photo, which appear to have short leather sleeves? Also, the little thing right in the middle. I think I recognize everything else.
I have a fairly large selection of woodworking tools, all quite old (pre-WWII), that came from my late father-in-law. Included was a cross-cut saw that cuts better than my new one, a spoke shave, two wood bodied planes, and about a dozen chisels of various sizes, plus three other handsaws. I have only used the cross-cut saw so far. I also received a few hundred pounds, it seems, of other hand tools, mostly wrenches and socket sets, including one in a box marked in paint: "damn metric tools." My father-in-law was an engineer and those two facts tells you all you need to know about his personality.
However, I still buy things. Yesterday I bought a stainless steel bowl to replace a "found" plastic bowl, a one ounce container for dish detergent (washing up liquid, I think you say), and two food bars. Total cost, about $11.50. I am looking forward to getting a new stainless pot or billy of some sort to replace two beat up aluminium pots, one of which is a Sigg, who apparently no longer make such things. There is still a good selection of reasonably priced cook sets in the stores (I shop at REI, Recreational Equipment Inc) unless your heard desires titanium.
I haven't reported on my Christmas gift yet, which arrived last week: a reproduction tin (yes, tinned steel) French army mess kit/gamelle individuelle. It's nice and shiny and should make a good target in the woods. I have used it, though not over a fire, but I expect it will hold up under the sort of uses I expect to put it to. It was quite an indulgence, I have to admit, and it is sort of growing on me. Totally impractical and obsolescent, yet still useable.
