Other Sites of Interest to the

Antique Tool Enthusiast

     
  • ClassicTools.com
  • This new and very well designed tool website from Thierry Coudert and Alex Primmer deserves a look...and many more. They have done a superb job of putting together a first class site and adding to it on a regular basis. If you have an interest in Continental or English tools, or you would like to know more, we highly recommend this great new site. For additional information, contact Thierry Coudert or Alex Primmer by email.
  • ToolSwapUSA.com: The Voice of the Independent Tool Collector, Dealer and User
  • Information and links to tool collecting events, with an emphasis on the woodworker/collector. Includes up-to-date information on Southern California tool swap meets and related national and regional tool events. Quarterly newsletter available by mail for a $10.00 fee. To be placed on an email reminder list for Southern California antique tool swap meets or for additional information, contact Laura Pitney by email.
  • The the Scythe Supply Company
  • specializes in the European style scythe. They offer blades, snaths, complete outfits, accessories, information and instruction. As scythe enthusiasts, they want others to discover this elegant tool. We encourage you to visit this new site and discover the lost art of mowing without gasoline.
  • The CRAFTS Organization
  • , or, more properly, the Collectors of Rare and Familiar Tools of New Jersey, (just in case you were wondering) is America's original Regional Tool Collectors Association and still going very strong indeed. Irrepressible tool promoter Hank Allen has recently taken on the job of Webmaster for CRAFTS. Look for great things from this site.
  • The Hardware Companies Kollectors Klub (THCKK)
  • provides a meeting point for collectors of Keen Kutter (E.C. Simmons Hardware Company), Diamond Edge (Shapleigh Hardware Company), O.V.B. (Hibbard, Spencer & Bartlett), Winchester and other great American hardware companies, nearly all of which produced tools under their brand names.
  • The Electronic Neanderthal
  • The Tool Shop: Old and New Tools with an English Flavor from Tony Murland, the author of the Popular Saga Miami Brace. Don't Miss It!
  • Miller's Patent Plane Information Page
  • Fine Woodworking Online
  • The Richmond Antique Tool Society
  • Maine Antique Digest
  • MWTCA Midwest Tool Collector's Association Plane Information
  • PAST (Preserving Arts and Skills of the Trades)
  • Today's Woodworker Magazine
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