Hamlet Tools

Hamlet Craft Tools

Hamlet Craft Tools, based in Sheffield, England have been producing quality tools for a long time but, in the tradition of this famous toolmaking city, had been producing these for others to sell under their own brand names. The Company have brought that tradition of excellence and experience to the range of tools now marketed under their own Hamlet brand

A number of products offered in these pages are available uniquely through The ToolPost in the UK. This includes the full range of Masterflute gouges, including the massive 5/8" Celtic grind gouge, offered with a range of handle sizes and grind styles.

The range of tools produced by Hamlet Craft Tools is presented over a number of pages, as follows:-


	Bowl gouges, in Masterflute and standard flute profiles manufactured using ASP2060 high -performance steels. Hamlet Multi-Handle system including the Nikos Siragas deep hollowing and scraper system - "Big Brother" - and a range of interchangeable blades suitable for most turning applications. A range of Turning Tools in M2 High Speed Steel as detailed below:-

Hamlet Craft Tools
M2 HSS Turning Tools Range


	Although Hamlet Craft Tools were first brought to our notice because of their excellent range of bowl gouges in high-performance ASP steels, they also produce a fine range of well-finished turning tools in M2 High Speed Steel ("normal" HSS) which represent excellent value for money. These are listed below according to type, as follows:-


	Roughing Gouges Spindle Gouges Bowl Gouges Parting Tools Beading & Parting Tools Skew chisels, oval, rectangular and rolled edge types Scrapers but see also Heavy Duty Scrapers and Multi-scrapers Bedan Ring Tools Bead Forming & Captive Ring Tools


	Chattertool Square section Hollowing Tools Wedge Tools & Tri-Point Tools Heavy Duty Scrapers Multi-tip Scrapers Masterflute Bowl Gouges Detail Spindle Gouges, Long & Strong Detail Spindle Gouges Deep Hollowing Tools Shell Augers Mushroom and Hook Scrapers Burnisher (for scraper sharpening)

Signature Tools from Cindy Drozda, Eli Avisera, Mike Mahoney & others


It is a happy fact that woodturners are generally very open about their tools and techniques and are ready to share their methods with others, from which we all benefit. Several of our best-known professional colleagues have worked with Hamlet to develop tools which emulate their own tool preferences, so that anyone can take advantage of this development work. In this section you'll find interesting tools from the minds of:- Tracy Owen Eli Avisera Cindy Drozda Mike Mahoney Dale Nish Alan Lacer Tobias Kaye.

	The photo below shows the range of handles fitted to Hamlet tools, for comparison. From top to bottom they are of length 14", 16" and 10".



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