One of the neighbors had me come over today to see some tools he wanted to sell. Turned out to be a smattering from the 1975 woodcraft catalog, Ulima Jointer plane, smoothing plane, two wooden frame saws, spokeshaves, drawknives, lots of carving tools and mallets, all unused in their boxes and a small, low cabinetmakers bench with tail vise, all in pretty much new condition. It looked like his father had gotten a shopping list from Tage Frid.
Honestly, there wasn't a thing there that I would use. I'm not a carver, and for anything else, I have other tools that would perform better IMHO. So my question is, do people use things like frame saws and Ulima planes, or have we moved past those things?