My granddad did what I thought was cool to his tools when he retired (he was a pipe fitter) he took his main tools he used, cleaned them up nice, clear coated them, built a beautiful display board, and safety wired them to it. He hung it up in his basement with his other collections. I've since done something similar with tools to display, heck I've got tools hanging on my front porch as decorations! They're wired on screws to keep the wind from blowing them off or visitors getting them down like idiots. That rarely happens but you know how kids can be.