When you first start working with handplanes it is inevitable that sooner or later you will come across the problem of tearout. It is a comm...

Just a quick one to let you know that we recieved a delivery from Ashley Iles today. So if you have been hanging on for bevel edged chisels ...

We have had a couple of questions recently regarding how the micron sizes used in our 3M lapping film equate to waterstone grits. Adrienne ...

Finally! The first pallet of planes arrived today from Quangsheng and I have been busy unpacking and inspecting a sample of each type, taki...

Ordering early for Christmas makes our lives so much easier. So as a thank you to those who help us out by not leaving it until the last min...

I recently read a post on a forum about the gold stickers on Ashley Iles chisels. The poster said that he thought them unnecessary and that ...

Today we have made the final payment and received shipping information on an order of planes from Quangsheng Tools in China . We have been l...

I was chatting with a customer from Yorkshire recently. He lives just down the road from Richmond, where the HQ and museum of my family regi...

I absolutely love this time of year, there is so much going on. It's like the point in a run where you have just broken through 'the...

At the end of last week two big parcels arrived from Sheffield full to the brim with beatifully turned beech teardrop handles. I have some w...