Stones for Carving Tools
Used to create the finest edge on precision tools, delicate instruments, and die work. RH Preyda Arkansas files hold their shape while creating the finest, most uniform finish.
These Carving Tool Forms are designed to accommodate the various shapes and gauges of V-tools. The dimensions and specifications of each stone will match tools ranging from ultra-flat to semi-circular and a variety of curves...
Leadwood
Leadwood is well suited to turning and carving. Dark brown heartwood with blackish streaks. Hard, heavy and durable. Sandpapers, varnishes and oils well to a high lustrous finish.
Making Traditional English Wooden Eating Spoons
By Eric Rogers
Learn how to make traditional English wooden eating spoons with Eric Rogers
Of all the materials used by our forefathers wood was undoubtedly the most common but is the least represented in museums today.
Churches and timber framed houses preserve some of the grander uses of wood but very few everyday artifacts survive.
Tens of thousands of wooden spoons must have been thrown...
Kirjes Polishing Cloths
Kirjes Polishing Cloths are an essential accessory for achieving a fine finish on your woodworking projects. Designed to be used with buffing sleeves, these cloths significantly reduce the time and effort required for sanding while delivering exceptional results. Available in different shapes and sizes, including short cylindrical, long cylindrical, dome, and short & fat cylindrical sanders, they...
Pfeil Long Bent 60° V Tool - Series 12L
These tools are used for shaping recesses and working in corners.
Donkey's Ear
A donkey’s ear is a traditional fixture used with a shooting board to produce 45° mitred corners on wide workpieces, making it especially useful for box-makers.
The Veritas Donkey’s Ear is easily assembled and attaches to either the Veritas Shooting Board or a user-made version. Designed to be quickly installed or removed as needed, it provides an accurate, stable inclined platform...
Pentel Graphgear 1000 Automatic Pencil Set
We were first put onto these little beauties by Jaap Bosma (the taller half of Mappa Tools). Jaap was taking all the credit for uncovering the mechanical pencil, until we stumbled upon a blog from Christopher Schwarz and that they'd been on the market for almost a couple of decades! Anyway, a few years later and the dynamic buying department of CHT sprung into action and finally started to stock...
Flexcut Chip Carving Knife KN15
This is Flexcut's traditional chip carving knife.
It is honed, polished and ready to carve.
Kutzall 1/4'' Sphere Burr - 1''
Kutzall burrs are the perfect companions for your rotary carving tools.Made in the USA, Kutzall burrs provide a great combination of material removal and surface quality. Efficient with or against the grain, these burrs have a long wear life.Their outstanding performance on a wide variety of materials to include wood, plastic, rubber, fibreglass and soft stone.NOTE: These burrs should only be used...
Lost Art Press - 5 Woodworking Pencils
Traditional school pencils aren't ideal for woodworking. The pencils and lead snap too easily in use. And the eraser is a joke (Lost Art Press have a recommendation below).
After Lost Art Press tested many different combinations of lead (called the “core”) and diameters, this pencil became their shop favourite. It is robust because of its diameter and the fact that it is round....
Veritas Miniature Router
This 75mm wide router plane not only looks like its full-size counterpart, it works like it too. Comfortable to hold and manoeuvre, it is ideal for hardware installation, fine inlay or intarsia work.
It comes with a 3.2mm wide A2 tool-steel blade (hardened to HRC 60-62), positioned inboard for standard use or outboard for true bullnose work. The carefully machined stainless steel body has a ground...
Knew Concepts Slip-on Foam Comfort Grip
The foam grips are available only for the Knew Concepts Mk.III, Mk.IV, and titanium hand saws.
The simplest way to reduce the stress on your hands of long hours of sawing is to increase the diameter of the saw’s handle.
This is where the Knew Concepts new Comfort Grips come in: they increase the diameter of the saw’s handle without adding weight, while they also make the handle...
Kutzall 1/8'' Sphere Burr - 1/4''
Kutzall burrs are the perfect companions for your rotary carving tools.Made in the USA, Kutzall burrs provide a great combination of material removal and surface quality. Efficient with or against the grain, these burrs have a long wear life.Their outstanding performance on a wide variety of materials to include wood, plastic, rubber, fibreglass and soft stone.NOTE: These burrs should only be used...
Connells Leather Apron
Connell apron 36 inch - hand-made in the UK from high-quality moss backed leather that offers good resistance.
British nickel plated rivets are used for extra strength and durability.
Large front pouch enables storage of small tools and accessories.
Fastens with ties at the back which are also long enough to double back and tie at the front if it needs to be tighter.
Guaranteed against...
Kirjes Long Cylindrical Sander - 28 x 80mm Drum
This Kirjes Long Cylindrical Drum Sander is 28 x 80mm.
Comes with one 220 grit sleeve. Additional sleeves available separately.
The sanding cloth material is highly flexible and made of the very best quality, sanding not only wood but also metals, plastic, bone and horn.
The sharpness of the abrasive lasts a long time, however, we highly recommend using a cleaning stick to considerably extend...
Veritas Magnetic Saw Guides
This anodised aluminium Veritas Magnetic Saw Guide helps keep your saw on the right track and perpendicular to a workpiece. It provides a registration surface about 32mm tall. It is particularly useful when crosscutting tenon shoulders or the edges of a dado, which is where you want your saw to cut straight and true. You can hold the guide onto your workpiece with a hand or secure it with clamps.
The...
Veritas Metric Sliding Square
These cabinetmaker's squares are used to lay out or transfer measurements quickly and accurately; you always have an ample reference face against your work without having to flip the square. This also simplifies working in two axes at once (e.g., measuring in 50mm and over 40mm), substantially reducing the chance of error when measuring and marking two dimensions.
The stainless steel blade...
Carving the Acanthus Leaf
By Mary May
Learning to carve the acanthus leaf is – for carvers – like a pianist learning a Chopin étude, a young oil painter studying the genius of Rembrandt or an aspiring furniture maker learning to cut dovetails by hand.
For carvers, especially those who focus on Classical Western ornament, there comes a time they will inevitably encounter the acanthus leaf, learn it,...
Pfeil Medium Sized Tools - Skew Chisel - Series 1S
Pfeil Medium Sized Tools are for smaller hands and beginners tackling basic projects. They have exactly the same quality and features as the Pfeil full sized tools.
The Pfeil Medium D1S Skew Chisel is available with widths of 5mm, 8mm and 12mm.
Clifton No.4 1/2 Smoothing Plane
A Clifton No.4 1/2 Smoothing Plane.
A quality British made woodworking plane made in Sheffield.
This is a real beauty, and weighs in at an impressive 2.5kg. It's the largest of the three smoothers from Clifton, so ideal when you need something a bit wider than the no.4. Polish the blade, and set the plane up for a fine shaving, and you will be left with a surface to be proud of.
Bedrock...
Veritas Miniature Wonder Dog
This 1:3 scale version of the Veritas Wonder Dog is especially useful for securing small work horizontally. Sized to fit in a 17/64'' dog hole, it has a 1 1/2'' long stainless-steel post with an O-ring for slightly elevated clamping.
At 3/4'' wide and 1/4'' high, the brass head will not mark tools or workpieces. The clamping screw provides approximately 1 1/4''...
Depth Stop for Lie-Nielsen 271 Small Router Planes
Brass depth stop makes it easy to cut predetermined depth repeatedly.
Pegas Metal Cutting Blades
These are high quality scroll saw blades from Pegas for precise cutting of thin metals up to .125 inch (3 mm) thick and for other hard, non metallic materials. They are specifically heat treated to give maximum performance with power scroll saws. Can be used in hand frames also.
5" (130mm) in length and supplied in packs of 12.
For more information on each blade please CLICK HERE
Auriou 9'' Curved Drawknife
Auriou's high quality, hand-forged tools are well known to discerning woodworkers, Famous for their hand stitched rasps and rifflers Auriou are using their small team of highly skilled artisans to produce a small range of tools to balance their portfolio of tools. Launched in autumn 2010 this large, curved-blade draw knife is sure to become a favourite in green woodworking circles.
The 9"...
Auriou 9'' Straight Drawknife
Auriou's high quality, hand-forged tools are well known to discerning woodworkers, Famous for their hand stitched rasps and rifflers Auriou are using their small team of highly skilled artisans to produce a small range of tools to balance their portfolio of tools. Launched in autumn 2010 this large, straight-blade draw knife is sure to become a favourite in green woodworking circles.
Turned...
Joseph Marples Trial 1 - 6'' Try Square - Rosewood
The Joseph Marples Trial 1 6'' squares have 1/8'' thick machined brass on both the inside and outside faces, thus ensuring accuracy on the inside and outside edges.
They have a chemically blacked spring steel blade, secured to the stock with brass diamond washers and steel rivets. The accuracy of the try squares is well within that required by BS3322.
Veritas Carvers Drawknife (with PM-V11 blade)
An ordinary drawknife is too large for most carving - the Veritas drawknife is designed for ease of use with maximum control.
The teardrop-shaped handles are cocked at 45° to the blade and nestle comfortably in your hands. The polished 4" x 1/8" x 3/4" blade is ground and honed to a perfect edge, and is supplied with a blade guard.
The drawknife blade is custom made for us...
Veritas Saw Set
At last, a high-quality saw set is back on the market! For years, these tools had vanished from our range, and even the older versions we once carried had their drawbacks. True to form, Veritas has completely re-engineered the design, creating a tool that’s a major leap forward from the originals.
The Veritas Saw Set blends the finest elements of traditional designs into one versatile tool,...
Hamlet 1/16'' Parting Tool
Parting tools are mostly used for cutting through or forming shoulders, and are essential in any workshop.
Pfeil Series 2a L - Spoon Bent Gouge - Left Skew
The Pfeil Series 2a L Spoon Bent Gouge (Left Skew) is an essential tool for woodcarvers who require precision and control when working on recessed or rounded surfaces. This left-skewed gouge, with its shallow sweep, is ideal for shaping and detailing in tight spaces, making it perfect for intricate carving tasks.
Key Features:
Left-Skewed Design: Provides easier access to challenging areas,...
Nakaya Japanese Folding Saw Set
Fujiyama Noko Japanese Folding Saw Set. A Ryoba, Dozuki and a Kataba in one set.
Comfortable rubber handle.
Length when folded 315mm
Teeth protecting and space saving.
Folding Saw Set comes with: Kataba and Ryoba blade with adapter, Dozuki blade with metal back.
Spare blades available and are listed with the individual saws.
Veritas Set of Miniature Surface Dogs
Just like its full-size version, this functional 1:3 scale surface dog has a flat face for work registration and a rim that supports and stabilizes it on a miniature workbench. The post fits in a 17/64'' diameter dog hole, resisting movement from horizontal forces. The face is 11/32'' × 3/16'' tall. Solid brass, the surface dog is non-corroding and kind to your tools.
To...
Ashley Iles 1 1/2'' Shallow Roughing Out Gouge
37mm 1½" handled shallow pole roughing gouge by Ashley Iles.
These tools have carbon steel blades, not HSS that you would find in the turning tools we offer from the likes of Hamlet and Robert Sorby. Carbon steel is preferable on a pole lathe because it will give you a finer edge, but more critically it is easier to sharpen if you are away from the power grid. So this roughing gouge...
Lynx Convex Scraper Set
The Lynx Convex scraper set contains 2 scrapers that are specifically shaped to scrape in recesses such as on skirting boards etc. The high grade steel used on these scrapers, has then been cut with various convex areas on the scraper to suit various sized areas.
The convex areas are the following sizes:
Scraper 1 - 1/4", 3/8", 1/2", 3/4" and 5/8"
Scraper 2 - 7/8",...
Tormek Short Tool Jig
This little Tormek woodcarving jig is designed for sharpening short woodcarving tools and the shortest chisels. Suitable for straight shanked tools, such as wood chisels, carving gouges and tools for power carvers.
The jig has two parallel flanges running on both sides of the Universal Support which ensures that the jig at all times – even when rotated – holds the tool square to the...
Japanese Waterstones - Toishi-Ohishi - 2 Stone Bundle
A very popular combination of Japanese waterstones. The 1000 grit is a singular grit stone which is ideal for honing the bevel before polishing on the 3000/8000 grit combi. Both stones are 25mm deep, by 75mm wide by 204mm long.
Kirjes Short Cylindrical Sander - 20 x 32mm Replacement Bulb
This is the rubber replacement bulb for the Kirjes Short Cylindrical Sander (20 x 32mm).
Mortise & Tenon Magazine - Issue 19
Table of Contents:
Lara Reisigl Domeneghetti – “A Visual Language: The Tylldal Chair’s Ongoing Journey”
“Cheating Entropy: An Interview with Antiquarian Chris Havey”
Douglas Brooks – “KIOKE: A New Way of Tradition”
Joshua A. Klein – “Build Your Library: Making a Stepback Bookcase”
Gerald W. R. Ward – “Encounters...
Saburrtooth 1/4'' Flame - 1/2'' x 3/4''
Head Diameter: 1/2"
Head Length: 3/4"
Thomas Flinn Pax 1776 Tenon Saws
Available in lengths 10" and 12" with 13 or 15 tpi, in either Rip (for cutting with the grain) or Crosscut (for cutting across the grain) formation.
Blade depths are as follows:
10" Blade length = Blade depth 2"
12" Blade length = Blade depth 2 1/2"
These Pax 1776 saws are the premium range made by Thomas Flinn & Co in Sheffield, England. The tenon saws are...
Veritas Hardware Kits for Wooden Spokeshaves
Traditional wooden spokeshaves are still popular tools, despite modern alternatives that offer better control over depth of cut.
Typical spokeshave blades have tangs that wedge into holes in the tool body. Cut depth is adjusted by tapping the tang ends or the base of the blade. Many users find ways to refine this haphazard process, but most require a screwdriver or other tool, or the blade must...
Nakaya Golden Series - 2 Saw Set
The Nakaya Golden Series 2 Saw Set comprises of two saws that compliment one another perfectly.
Dozuki Gold 150 - 150mm blade - 0.2mm thick blade, spacing 0.83mm (30TPI), setting 0.35mm. An excellent choice for dovetails (even though it is a crosscut), tenons, and other detail-oriented cuts where accuracy matters.
Kataba Universal Meiko 250 - 250mm long and 0.5mm thick blade with a combination...
Pfeil Series 2a R - Spoon Bent Gouge - Right Skew
Short bent chisels are used for shaping recesses and rounded surfaces. These are shallow (Series 2) right skew gouges.
Flexcut Gold Polishing Compound PW11
Flexcut Gold™ Polishing Compound has been specially formulated to apply like a crayon.
Its blend of aluminium and titanium oxide provide a balance between aggressive removal of hardened tool steel and offering a high-colour polish.
Narex Uni-Scraper
Universal scraper from Narex that can be used for many joinery, carving or restoration tasks.
200mm long. 14mm wide. 0.75mm thick blade.
Flexcut Sloyd Knife KN50
The Flexcut Sloyd Knife comes razor sharp and ready for use. Much like traditionally designed Swedish tools, this carving knife is a durable, well made tool, ideal for spoon carving, whittling, marking, and general woodworking and handicrafts.
Its versatility allows you to use it for a wide range of wood carving projects from detail work to roughing. Use it to shave bark or use its fine tip for eyes,...
Both Veritas Dovetail Saw and Magnetic Guide
Hand-cut dovetails remain the mark of the skilled cabinetmaker and a feature that buyers look for in high-end furniture. Veritas has developed a guide and saw system that lets amateurs achieve professional results. The system also allows the seasoned expert to produce dovetail joints more quickly and with less effort.
The Veritas Magnetic Dovetail 1:8 Guide, clamps in position and holds the saw...
Spare Blade for Blue Spruce Marking Knife
Blue Spruce .032, Spear Point, Small Marking Blade
Take advantage of the tool-less collet design of the Classic Marking Knife and always work with a fresh cutting edge.




































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