I think I got you beat there.
He offered to make some sample lathe bit shapes for me back in 2005. 14 years and counting. Of course I long since learned about lathe bit geometry elsewhere and on my own and I don't need them anymore. Now I freehand specialty shapes as I need them, make my own tools, and tool holders. Maybe it was a service in the long run that he never came through on that one., or maybe if he had never offered I would have done it sooner.