Hand Tool Makers

Here you'll find a list of hand tool makers - crafts people who usually toil alone, making some of the finest hand tools available today. These are not mass produced tools, but individually made tools with personal attention to quality, materials, details and finish. In general, these are heirloom quality tools, that you will thoroughly enjoy using on a daily basis, and will last a lifetime.

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Maker	Location	Key Products
Adria Toolworks	Canada	Hand Saws
Anderson Planes	USA	Hand Planes
Ashem Crafts	UK	Rotary Planes
Bad Axe Tool Works	USA	Hand Saws
Barr Specialty Tools	USA	Chisels, Gouges, Adzes, Scorps, Drawknives, Hatchets,  Mallets
Bench Crafted	USA	Workbench vises
Blue Spruce Toolworks	USA	Chisels, Mallets, Marking Tools, Burnishers, Gauges
Blum Tool Co	USA	Hand Planes, Mallets, Sharpening Jig, Workbenches
Bowclamp	USA	Cauls
Brese Plane	USA	Hand Planes
Collins Tool Company	USA	Hand Plane, Mitering jig
Crown Planes	USA	Hand Planes, Travisher (wooden)
Czeck Edge Hand Tool	USA	Chisels, Marking Knives, Awls, Burnishers
Daed Toolworks	USA	Hand Planes
Darrell Chapnick	USA	Hand Planes
DL Barrett & Sons	Canada	Hand Planes, Irons
Elia Bizzarri	USA	Travishers, Reamers
Evenfall Studios	USA	Workbench and Sharpening Jigs, Accessories
Gerd Fritsche	Germany	Hand Planes, Kits
Glen-Drake Toolworks	USA	Marking Gauge, Hammers, Burnisher
Harold & Saxon	Australia	Chisels
HNT Gordon	Australia	Hand Planes
Hock Tools	USA	Blades, Cap Irons, Card Scrapers, Plane Kits
Holtey Planes	UK	Hand Planes
Marcou Planes	NZ	Hand Planes
Medallion Toolworks	Canada	Hand Saws
Michael Connor Woodwork	UK	Workbenches
North Bay Forge	USA	Knives, Scorps, Adzes, Drawknives
Old Street Tool	USA	Hand Planes (formerly Clark & Williams)
Philly Planes	UK	Hand Planes
Preferred Edge	Canada	Knives
Reed Blades	USA	Blades, Cutters
Richard Kell	UK	Marking & Measuring Tools, Honing Guides
Richard Maguire	UK	Workbenches, Vices
RTA Tools	Canada	Scribing Tool, Aprons
Sauer & Steiner Toolworks	USA	Hand Planes
Spehar Toolworks	Canada	Hand Saws
Thompson Lathe Tools	USA	Lathe Tools
Timothy Moore	USA	Bookbinding Tools