On this page we present our suppliers (in the following order):

E. C. Emmerich

Thomas Flinn & Co Sawmakers

Maruyoshi, Japan

Clifton handplanes /Clico Tooling Ltd

Crown Hand Tools Ltd

Norton Saint-Gobain Abrasives

Bessey

H.N.T Gordon Handplanes

L. S. Starrett Company

WEZU Messezeug

Briwax-The Bollom Group

AMF GmbH & Co

Drei Sterne Kreide/Anton Franz Mörtel KG

Direct internetlinks to the suppliers homepage are available directly after each presentation.

E C Emmerich

The E.C. Emmerich Company was founded in Remscheid, Germany in 1852 by the master-craftsman, Friedrich-Wilhelm Emmerich.

In that era, cabinetmakers usually made their own tools. The founder made such fine planes for himself, that his colleagues offered to buy his tools for their personal use. The plane making business started and grew. Soon, the founder and his son, Max Emmerich, had to leave their small workroom and build a plant to make planes.

Today the company is run by the fifth generation son, Hans-Jörg Emmerich, who is the present owner of E. C. Emmerich toolmakers.

All owners were, and remain today, technicians who maintain the machinery in good mechanical condition. Most of the machines in the factory were specially designed and built by the Emmerichs. Skilled and carefully trained employees are today's basis for producing E.C.E.'s high-end tools.

Around 1950, Friedrich-Wilhelm, with his father Karl, developed the Primus adjustment system with no freewheeling of the screw and no back sliding of the iron. It remains unique in that regard. The adjustable Expert jack plane and the Pocket plane followed. 

Setting the wedge too hard can no longer damage traditional wedged planes. A modern, E.C.E. patented integral steel wedge support prevents such damage to the plane body.

Today, the E.C.E. brand is well known worldwide by cabinetmakers for high quality planes and for other fine, hand woodworking tools.

Tools 4 Wood sell many oft the E C Emmerich products, with access to them all upon request. Our main focus is on the handplanes and chisels, but also complete toolboxes.

www.ecemmerich.de

Thomas Flinn & Co Sawmakers

Thomas Flinn & Co. have been manufacturing the highest quality handsaws since 1923.

These are ground and tensioned to exacting specifications to stay true and are produced using the best quality materials. The teeth are set and sharpened to the most stringent standards and beautiful handles of beech, rosewood and other selected hardwoods are inset with brass rivets and screws with medallion heads, which make these saws a pleasure to own and use for years.
These saws perform as their early craftsmen intended. In this regard the purchase of a saw from Thomas Flinn is an investment that befits your skills in woodcraft. They will, with care, outlast cheaper alternatives and many customers say they become old friends.

To compliment our existing range we have added the PAX brand which has been finely crafted since 1776. We pride ourselves on a skillful combination of modern technology and the traditional hand craftsmanship associated with the very best saw-making.

This ensures that every Thomas Flinn saw will be a cut above the rest!

The range includes saws for every application - from rip saws, panel and tenon saws through to fine toothed mini gents and inlay saws to enable veneers to be cut accurately

Tools 4 Wood sell uniquely the PAX range of saws, but we have access to all Thomas Flinn products upon request.

www.flinn-garlick-saws.co.uk

Maruyoshi MFG. Co., Ltd, Miki City, Japan

The Company was founded in Miki, Japan in 1968. Maruyoshi produces and exports high quality Japanese handtools such as saws, chisels and planes all over the world and has a very high reputation for its quality products. As well, Maruysohi sells also other tools from local manufacturers and imports tools to Japan.

Miki City is famous for its production of japanese saws, chisles and planes. Among the most famous producers and blacksmiths are working in Miki.

Maruyoshi is proud to offer its own line of high-quality handsaws (Dozuki, Ryoba and Kugihiki). Our hand made saws are produced by Mr. Ryoichi Kanzawa. He makes his saws in accordance with traditional Japanese manufacturing methods, including hand tempering. This type of saws is becoming rare even in Japan, but Mr. Kanzawa would like to continue it. Our lines of Japanese high quality chisels (Oire Nomi, Tateguya Nomi and other variations) are handmade according to traditional methods by Mr. Kyozo Fujikawa, who is making various kinds of chisels.

Tools 4 Wood sells Maruyoshis exclusive line of high-quality handsaws and chisels as well as other japanese tool, such as marking gauges.

Clico (Sheffield) Tooling Ltd

Clifton Planes

Crown Hand Tools Ltd

Crown Hand Tools Ltd. is a traditional, family owned, Sheffield hand tool manufacturer. Although only having been established just over a decade, it's Managing Director and many of his highly skilled workforce have been involved in the manufacturing of quality hand tools for over thirty five years.

Crown manufactures the largest range of fine woodworking handtools available from any UK company. Its range includes many unique products developed in conjunction with expert woodworkers from all over the world. In addition to woodworking tools, Crown also manufactures an extensive range of handtools for builders and painters and decorators. Crown Hand Tools are renowned world-wide for their excellent quality and value for money.

Tools 4 Wood sell a variety of Crown Hand Tools products for measuring and marking, as well as their handforced chisels. We also have access to Crown Hand tools unique selection of wood turning tools.

www.crownhandtools.ltd.uk

Norton Saint-Gobain Abrasives

Norton is a brand name of Saint-Gobain Abrasives, a division of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain. Saint Gobain Abrasives is the world's leading manufacturer and distributor of abrasives products and systems.

Abrasives are used in every industry and by consumers wherever and whenever wood, metals, plastics, glass, ceramics and other materials must be shaped, cut, ground, sanded, sharpened, or finished.

Saint-Gobain Abrasives uses outstanding technology, provides a well-known product range, enjoys a reputation for quality and innovation, and operates a highly successful distribution network.

There are three major types or families of Abrasives: Bonded abrasives (precision and fine grinding wheels), Coated abrasives (applied to paper, cloth and synthetic materials) and Superabrasives (diamond-based grinding and tools used in machine tooling or finishing on extremely hard or very fragile materials). The Group's position as world leader in Abrasives since its acquisition of Norton in 1990, has been further strengthened by acquisitions of substantial firms such as Winter, Unicorn and, in 1998, Flexovit International.
The Division serves its customers through structured units in 26 countries and employs nearly 15,700 people. It is the sole international producer to manufacture three major types of abrasives.

Tools 4 Wood sell the Norton range of sharpening stones, with special focus on the Waterstones, but also diamond and oil stones. Also for shaped tools. We further offer a wide range of sanding papers, both wet and dry.

www.nortonconsumer.com

Bessey

Bessey is a medium-sized private company which was established in 1889 in Stuttgart, originally as a cold steel drawing mill. The BESSEY brand name is synonymous with quality in all its sectors: A quality management system to DIN ISO 9001 was introduced in the Clamping Technology Division as long ago as 1993. Today, all the Company's Divisions are certified.

BESSEY stands for sensible innovations which are always aimed at improving user-friendliness. The Company has its own research and development department.

BESSEY is also committed to protecting the environment. Environmental management (EU Eco Audit) was introduced and certified in 1997.

Today, Bessey consists of four division;

Hand tools sector

Clamping Technology Division

Cutting Technology Division

Unalloyed Steel Sector

Unalloyed Steel Division

Stainless Steel Division

Tools 4 Wood sell specifically the special range of clamping products suitable for fine woodworking and furniture making.

www.bessey.de

H.N.T Gordon Handplanes, Australia

H.N.T Gordon is an Australian based company that produces handcrafted woodworking planes. After several years of development H.N.T Gordon and Co Classic Plane Makers of  Australia sold their first planes in 1995.  They are a small family business that produces a range of hand crafted woodworking planes for the person with craftsmanship in mind. In 2002 HNT Gordon released a ½" Shoulder plane bringing their impressive range of planes up to 10 in total.

Terry Gordon is the Planemaker and owner of the business and the following  statements outline his business principles.

• ”Any plane I make will be able to plane or scrape any wood without tearout.”
• ”I will only use high quality materials with a simple appropriate design to offer customers affordable quality in hand crafted tools.”
• ”I offer a unconditional guarantee on my workmanship and materials.”

The company operats from Alstonville, northern NSW, Australia.

H.N.T Gordon offers a complete range of wooden planes, from bench planes to shoulder- and rabbet planes. The design of H.N.T Gordon Planes combine the best of Asian and Western ideas to produce arguably some of the best hand made planes available on today’s market. The plane blades are forged and available in either tool steel or high-speed steel (HSS), offering thicknes from 3-6 mm depending on type of plane, which eliminates chattering.

Unique for the H.N.T Gordon planes is the steep angle of the blade (typically between 55-60 degrees, depending on type of plane) and the reversable blade, that gives the possibility to use the plane as an ordinary plane as well as an cabinet scraper plane.

Tools 4 Wood sells the complete range of H.N.T Gordon production planes in Ironwood and upon request also will offer these planes in Ebony or Gidgee.

www.hntgordon.com.au

L. S. Starrett Company

Headquartered in Athol, MA, in the heart of New England, where manufacturing began and evolved into what it is today, Starrett has a history and reputation so rich and solid that the words "quality" and "Starrett" are virtually synonymous.

The company employs 2,800 people worldwide, with approximately half of them based in the Athol plant, where it is not uncommon to see devoted generations of toolmakers with 30 or more years of experience. Starrett is the last remaining full line precision tool company to be proudly manufacturing their products within the U.S.A.

The broad Starrett product line includes precision tools (micrometers, calipers, rules, etc.), tape measures, levels, electronic gages, dial indicators, gage blocks, granite surface plates, optical measuring projectors, coordinate measuring machines, vises, M1 lubricant, and precision ground flat stock. Much of the Company's production is concentrated in hand measuring tools and precision instruments that many manufacturing companies, from small machine shops to Fortune 500 firms, buy for the use of their employees. 

In addition to tools, Starrett is also a prominent leader in saw blade products, having an impressive line of band saw blades, hacksaws, hole saws and jig and reciprocating blades. There are blades available to cut anything from metal and wood to exotic space age materials.

The products are sold throughout the United States and Canada and over 100 foreign countries through distributors and dealers. Annual sales of the company are in the vicinity of $175 million and the company is traded publicly on the NYSE.

Tools 4 Wood sell the outstanding L.S Starrett Combination Square sets and products.

www.starrett.com

WEZU Messezeug

WEZU is a German company founded in 1951 and is manufacturing and selling measuring and marking tools to the Tool- and Machine business. The company is located in Remsheid, Germany, and employs around 30 people. About 20% of the annual turnover comes from export business mainly to other european countries.

Through our representatives in the different countries, we stay in continous contact with our end-customers.

From the start the product range was merely consiting of two parts of own manufacturing. Today we work worldwide with continous sub-suppliers to further strenghten and enlarge our product range.

Our total offer establishes us as a complete and competent supplier of marking- and measuring tools, both domestic as international.

WEZU adheres to quality control as a philosophy of company business. It is natural for us to contionously supervise our production. Our own developed SPC quality assurance program guarantes highest precision for the WEZU measuring tools as a long-term quality standard and continous, fault-free operation of the tool.

Tools 4 Wood sells specific measurment tools, such as in- and outside calipers and steel rules as well as high precision steel squares and high precison Dial Indicators for adjustment of your machine tools.

www.wezu.de

Briwax-The Bollom Group

Briwax has an impeccable heritage which dates back to 1860 when Henry Flack started manufacturing polishes and blending waxes in East London for cabinetmakers and woodcarvers. His business was acquired by the Bollom Group (then known as J. W. Bollom & Co.) in 1961 and since then the brand has gone from strength to strength in both the consumer and professional markets.

In addition to Briwax Original Wax Polish, there is a comprehensive range of professional products for both spray and manual application. No wood care range has higher consumer brand awareness than Briwax and there is a whole family of products suitable for retailing, including cleaners and revivers, water stains, brushing lacquer, filler sticks and touch-up water dye pens as well as the traditional waxes.

The Bollom Group has ISO 9001 accreditation and is a member of the British Hardware Manufacturers Association and the British Hardware Federation.

Tools 4 Wood sell a wide variety of Briwax products for different kind of wood-finishing and –treatments.

www.bollom.com

AMF Gmbh & Co

Founded 1890 in Fellbach (Württemberg) as a lock manufacturer, AMF has become a leader in innovative workholding techniques. Our goal is to provide our customers with a comprehensive range of mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic clamping and modular fixturing systems. In addition we offer locks for doors and gates, hex-keys and wrenches and special custom- made spanners.

The high quality standards demanded by our customers are met through our exceptional in-house machining facility. AMF stands for experience: our first lock catalogue was introduced into the market in 1907, we have made handtools since the 1920's and our clamping elements catalogues appeared in many foreign languages almost 50 years ago.

Tools 4 Wood sell a variety of AMF Toggle Clamps for the building of different woodworking jigs, where the toggle clamp is used to hold down the workpiece, especially for mashine work.

www.amf.de

Drei Sterne Kreide/Anton Franz Mörtel KG

For over 130 years our name has symbolized outstanding quality in the field of manufacturing of chalk and marking products. In March 1870 Anton Franz Mörtel founded the chalk factory, which is still owned exclusively by members of the Mörtel family. The trade mark DREI STERNE was registered at the Imperial Patent Office in Berlin as early as 28th February, 1898. In the sixties the importance of the industrial marking crayons increased rapidly and the company could expand its product range with a variety of new quality products. In 1982 Rosa Mörtel handed down to her son Rudolf and her grandsons Peter and Manfred a respectable firm with a secured market position. At present the company is run by them as limited partnership in the fifth generation. 130 years of tradition guarantee German quality and reliability.

Tools 4 Wood sell marking Crayons for marking especially wood, both prepared and rough in the woodworking process. But also other materials such as metal, textiles and leather.

www.dreisternekreide.com