Web links for your added interest....

TOOL MANUFACTURERS

www.adriatools.com
This is Eddie Sirotich's excellent web site for his dovetail & tenon saws which are made in Vancouver.

www.brusso.com
Neatly presented site of fine brass cabinetware from Brusso.

www.hocktools.com
Ron Hock's superb web site which is fun to read and you will learn a lot about how he makes his plane blades.

www.lie-nielsen.com
Unsurpassed quality from contemporary production tool manufacturers Lie-Nielsen

www.robert-sorby.co.uk
Robert Sorby woodturning, carving and general woodworking tools.

www.sauerandsteiner.com
Watch this space. These bespoke modern classics are coming to Europe.

TEACHING & COURSES

www.rmd-furniture.co.uk
Furniture Making Courses in Scotland
RMD Furniture, Crann Faibhile, The Mound, Dornoch, Sutherland, Scotland
Telephone 01408 634052

www.davidcharlesworth.co.uk
Courses from beginner to advanced level in beautiful North Devon with acknowledged expert and author David Charlesworth.

www.johnlloydfinefurniture.co.uk
Courses from beginner to advanced level in Sussex. Easy access for you London boys and girls.

www.chrispye-woodcarving.com
Dedicated to the teaching,the learning and the love of woodcarving. Subscribe to Chris's web newsletter and download his e-books and accelerate that learning curve.

www.the-windsor-workshop.co.uk
For chairmaking courses as well as a maker of travishers and spokeshaves, based in Sussex.

www.thewindsorinstitute.com
Take a holiday in New England, USA and learn how to make a Windsor Chair at Mike Dunbar's world renowned institute.

www.fine-boxes.com
Andrew Crawford - box maker based in Shropshire.  Runs box making courses, or more accurately one-to-one tuition days. See website for further details.

hewnwood.com
Hewnwood Courses - Traditional oak timber frame courses in wales set in a 12 acre broadleaf woodland.  Courses run by Alan Ritchie in Brecon, Powys, Wales.

www.finefurnituremaker.com
David Savage Fine Furniture Maker
David Savage not only makes fine furniture but he offers courses sharing his knowledge.

FURNITURE RESTORATION

www.greenrestoration.co.uk
Green and Cockburn Antique Restorers are based in Hertfordshire and have been established for nearly 30 years.  Restoration of antique furniture and clocks.

BOOKS ON TOOLS & ALLIED TRADES

www.royarnold.com
A very usefull web site with a superb range of both new and old books on woodworking and allied trades.

SECOND HAND & ANTIQUE TOOLS

Try me first!

E-mail mike@classichandtools.com and see if I have what you need, desire or dream of (steady on!). Yes I do get Norris planes but I am more likely to have good user grade bench planes, carving tools, chisels, gouges at sensible prices. However I do not have the time to publish a list so just ask!

I can also get replacement blades made for Norris, Spiers, Mathieson and other infil planes.

www.oldtools.free-online.co.uk
Ray Iles has a shop stacked with a huge array of tools. He produces an old tool list, makes Norris style planes at sensible prices, chisels, rounders, drawknives, plane blades and lowsy tea. If you love old tools then you have to visit him in Lincolnshire.

www.secondhandtools.co.uk
New site run by an old favourite, Gerry Dawson, formerly the man behind Pennyfarthing Tools in Salisbury. This site will grow and grow and you can be sure of excellent service.

www.toolbazaar.co.uk
Fine quality antique and old woodworking tools for collectors and craftsman at Inchmartine Tool Bazaar near Perth In Scotland run by Andrew Stephens. Andrew always has a very good selection of tools for sale and produces a comprehensive lsist several times a year.

OAK TIMBER FRAMING

www.traditionaloakcarpentry.co.uk
Suffolk based company run by Rick Lewis that specialises in oak framing. Updated web site.

To suggest more links please E-mail mike@classichandtools.com