Thank you for the information you provided King's X. When I saw $50 a piece for the Beard tools I thought that was expensive, but I assume professional leather workers are like professional mechanics and the better tools last longer and work better. I looked through the horse shoe and chuck smith site and they both have some beautiful tools. There are actually 2 chuck smith and 1 black pro series cutting knives that came with the tools, so it looks like I am off to a good start to learn how to tool leather. I was planning on keeping the craftool stamps since there is such a variety of tools, but it looks like some of the tools I have might be hard to replace if I really get into this as a hobby. I can say after playing around with all of the tools, the Gore tools are my favorite. The Gore tools just feel better in my hand and work better with my large hands since they are quite a bit longer than the others. Maybe I will try the tools out for a while to see what I like and maybe sell the beard tools since they seem to have the higher value to help get other things I will need. edgers,hole punches, strap punches, round knives and that is just what I think I need so far.
Well anyways thank you King's x