Best Tools I Ever Bought

[Canuk]

Like most on here I like to have the right tools available for whatever I need to do for my bikes. And if not then I buy what I lack. But when I reached the stage of having to introduce a one-in, one-out policy when 'new' bikes arrived I started thinking about tools- specifically the big Campagnolo tool kit. Eventually a well-used but incomplete shop kit appeared at an irresistible price so I bought it and spent a happy year or two tracking down tools to fill the gaps in it. Although someone up-thread has already posted theirs I'm posting a picture of mine as it is an early (pre 1967?) pre plastic insert kit with nice touches like little sprung posts in the catches that push the lid up a few mm (though I've replaced the left one with a later one).
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That's a stunner! I've never seen one with the wood pegs. Any chance of a photo of the lid? I'm trying to buy a complete set from an old bike shop. The seller insists that the bracket chasing tools are French and Italian threads, it's that correct? Or did they have a toolkit specific to regions? It's miles away from me, but I'll take a visit there end of the Spring. How much did you pay for yours out of interest

 

[bikeworkshop]

I love the campagnolo toolbox, but realistically most of the kit is rarely used.
The one that was with our shop had Italian bb thread chasers.

On the other side of the fence, the park toolbox.

It comes with a campagnolo cassette remover, but no adjustable spanner or pliers.
I know which one i'd rather have

 

[jim haseltine]

Not sure about Jim's reference of UT-VA030 but I have various Campagnolo catalogues in which it appears as UT-VS030, 1131001 and plain R. I think it is best known as the 'R tool'- see photo of the relevant pages of Catalogue 18:

Classic example of keyboard finger bother - the A is alongside the S.