Discerning woodworkers - by definition the sort of people who reach these pages (flatterer!) seek to use the best tools that they can afford.  Most of us would aspire to use the best that are produced, but that can be an uneconomically tall order, unfortunately: Still, we can dream.  What we have tried to do at The Toolpost is to offer a selection of "good" tools that anyone could be proud to own and that should give good service over a reasonable length of time - a lifetime or two with one or two possible exceptions (such as chisel rolls in the hands of the cavalier user). 

Here is a guide to our selection for your perusal:-

• Chisels & Slicks
• Bevel Edge chisels by
• Robert Sorby
• Crown Hand Tools
• Hamlet Craft Tools
• Paring chisels, straight and cranked, by:
• Hamlet Craft Tools
• Crown Hand Tools
• Corner Cutting and Corner cleaning chisels by Crown Hand Tools
• Skew chisels, in pairs, by:
• Crown Hand Tools
• Hamlet Craft Tools
• Mortise chisels by Crown Hand Tools
• Carpenter's mallets suitable for applying to some of these chisels.
• Framing chisels from Robert Sorby
• Slicks from our own ToolPost stable and Robert Sorby.
• Draw Knives
• Draw Knives from Robert Sorby, Crown Hand Tools and our own ToolPost traditional forged design plus detail and carver's versions.
• Planes, spokeshaves and scrapers:
• Veritas Planes: the whole vast range is here:-
• Bench Planes, including low-angle designs
• Block Planes
• Shoulder Planes
• Spokeshaves, flat, convex and concave
• Scraping Planes
• Miniature planes from Crown Hand Tools
• Scraper plane insert and flush plane from Veritas
• Bench planes and others, of all sizes and types, from Stanley and an excellent economy No.4 bench plane from Silverline
• Spokeshaves from Stanley
• Cabinet scrapers and burnishers by:
• Robert Sorby
• Crown Hand Tools
• Saws
• Hand, tenon, reversing, dovetail, gents, veneer and bow saws from Crown Tools
• Flush cutting saws by Veritas
• Hardpoint and folding saws from Silverline
• A wide range of hand, tenon, dovetail, gents, framing and bow saws from Roberts & Lee, makers of very superior saws and some surprisingly economical ones too.  Choose from the Dorchester , Parkstone, Majestic or HiWay ranges.
• Dovetail Jigs from Leigh jigs: the masters of the art of the dovetail
• Clamps from Silverline
• G Clamps
• Sash Clamps
• Guide Clamps
• Screwdrivers from Crown Hand Tools
• Mallets from Crown Hand Tools
• Mitre Boxes from Crown Hand Tools
• Marking and Measuring Equipment:
• Squares, try and dovetail by
• M-Power/Trend
• Crown Hand Tools
• Robert Sorby Gilt Edge.
• and even Engineer's squares
• Marking, cutting, mortise, wheel and combination gauges and accessories by
• Veritas
• Crown Hand Tools
• M-Power/Trend Tri-Blade and Tri-Scribe
• Trim-Gauge
• Mitre hooks by Veritas
• Torpedo Levels by Crown Hand Tools
• 450mm Framing spirit levels
• Marking knives (left- and right-hand) and scratch awls by Crown Hand Tools
• Bevels by Crown Hand Tools
• The novel R1 Right Handed Tape from M-Power
• Steel rules in various lengths by SiIverline
• Affordable digital and vernier callipers from Silverline
• Dual-unit digital and scale micrometers from Silverline
• Chalk snap lines and chalk refils
• Vacuum workholding equipment by M-Power.
• Tool bags and chisel rolls from Silverline and even greater luxury for your chisels from The ToolPost's own specialist supplier.
• Woodworking Benches
• Quality Sjoberg Benches From Sweden
• Drills, Routers and Drill Bits

... along with all sorts of other stuff that we've undoubtedly omitted to mention!

©1997-2006 P. Hemsley.  The information on this website is the copyright property of Peter Hemsley. 
Coeur du Bois and The ToolPost are trading styles of Peter Hemsley.  Whilst reasonable efforts are made to ensure the accuracy of information presented, no liability can be accepted for errors in this information nor for contingencies arising therefrom.  If you are inexperienced in any aspect of woodworking, we would strongly counsel that you take a course of formal instruction before commencing to practice