I decided to spoil myself and order a set of new nail bags. I had a nicely broken in set of Occidental Leather Pro Framer bags that were stolen about 10 years ago. I didn’t have a bunch of spare cash then, so I replaced them with a decent set of Craftsmen leather bags. They were meant as a stop-gap and I tweaked them a little here and there to fit my needs. I was planning on buying a new set of Occidentals, but I used someone else’s rig that had a diagonal hammer and cat’s paw sheath and was blown away by how much I preferred that set up! I have been eye-balling a set of custom modular Akribis Leather nail bags with the diagonal hammer sheath and some other cool features for about a year and finally was able to hit their once a month online store opening.
I sent my old bags, with a complete set of brand-new tools to my son. He is in college and working a little construction this summer. I hope he gets years of use out of them and that learns to use those tools and that they teach him a few life lessons as well.