Ask a Thief Thread.

Thanks dj, but I've already gotten all the information I needed.

You're neglecting a lot of points there. Let's put aside price for a bit. Steelys have the same number of stars as Tobis, no matter what level your Mastery is, as long as you recharge them yourself. Steelys > Tobis, if the Steelys help you kill a certain monster in less hits. E.g. On average, killing a mushroom in 4 hits with Steelys versus killing a mushroom in 5 hits with Tobis. (Yes, a mushroom. It's just an example.)

Also, paid attention to the information I supplied above, you would have discovered that I don't have a work glove; I have a Mithril Wolfskin with 9 attack.