When i left school at 16 i did a 6yr apprenticeship as a master pattern maker, traditionally when you finish your apprenticeship aged 22 your first job is to use the skills you've acquired over the last 6yrs to make yourself a swanky wooden tool chest with dovetailed drawers and such. You can spot the more accomplished pattern makers just by looking in their tool chest.. During my apprenticeship some of the old pattern makers i'd worked with were retiring and in a similar vein.. tradition dictated that you pass your tools on to the next generation for a nominal fee (as they acquired them) so aged 22 i already had 2x tool chests and a bench box so instead, i decided to make myself a set of chisels in a display case from hss Wadkin planer blades. After many years of my chisels/apprentice piece being entirely ornament, i donated them to the Ken Hawley Tool Collection..