More pics of my tools, both bought and self-made. On the left of the top pic is a small convex-sole plane I bought new off eBay from a seller in China. It wasn't expensive and it's one of my favorite planes. It's a joy to use for finer work when carving soundboards and for shaving braces and the like. Next are three of my spoke-shaves and my cabinet scraper. The cabinet scraper at the top is a modern version of a Stanley no 80. I don't like it much and wish that I'd paid a bit more and bought a vintage Stanley. The adjusting wheel is fiddly and it just doesn't work as well as I'd like. It could be that it needs more tuning or maybe it's just badly-made! I may end up buying an old Stanley to replace it. Next down is an old convex-sole spoke-shave that I bought from a garage sale. It has no makers mark but works like a dream. The two green and red devices are my two German-made Kunz spoke-shaves, one flat-bottomed the other convex-soled. I bought them new many years ago. Both are nice to use and were a good investment. Next up is my cross-pein hammer I bought new from a hardware store many years ago and wasn't expensive. It's light-weight, has a Hickory handle and is useful for adjusting wood planes and for any light hammering jobs. Most hardware store claw hammers are too heavy for lutherie work in my experience. On the right of the top pic are three of my self-made tools. The one on the top right is the first tool I made and I love it. It's made according to plans in Irving Sloane's book Steel String Guitar Construction. I've used it for carving the plates on my two arch-top guitars and for anytime I need to plane concave surfaces. Like most of my self-made tools it's of Jarrah. Below it is another round-bottom plane I made to a different design. I've not used it much and I think it needs more tuning. The iron I made from a cheap Taiwanese block plane blade with a Dremel tool. As you can see I'm not concerned with how my home-made tools look as well as they work well. If you choose to have a go at making some of your own tools you'll may want to make them look better. Lastly is a marking gauge I made according to instructions in a library book that I came across many years ago. The book was aimed at woodworkers in developing nations and showed how to make all sorts of devices with rudimentary tools. I wish that I could remember the name of the book and it's author as I'd love to buy a copy and make more tools from it. If you know this book leave a comment. This gauge works as well as any factory-made tool I've tried.