And what will you tell your wife....."Honey, they said they could only pay me with merchandise, HONEST!!"
Congrats on the new toyls. Sounds like a win/win situation. Jim.
I think the card scraper is the unsung hero of my shop. I use them for every project. If you want pointers on sharpening them, i recommend doing a card scraper search on the blogspot of www.woodworking-magazine.com. Christopher Schwarz compared several published methods. I really like that publication as well - no advertisements. They do tool reviews on just about anything - even old tools that aren't available anymore, like eggbeater drills, old chisels, old hand planes, etc. They're not beholded to advertisers.
Have fun with it all.
paulh