It took the stratospheric Blue Spruce price to nudge me off the fence. It always goes that way: I hem and haw and then buy the shiny object (from Knew Concepts).
My wife used to wince when a chisel was purchased if the price was more than $10 or $15. Thanks to Lie-Nielsen for mailing me a catalog with shiny new chisels on display. This was years ago so the prices were a bit lower. While drooling over the pages she was shown the page with chisels. She hasn't questioned my tool buying since.
jtk
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."
- Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)