RoyalLeatherDesigns Report post Posted October 5, 2013 Does anybody know of any sites that offer German made Leather Hand Tools. I would like to check out other hand tool makers from out of the USA. Please list sites were I can check them out. Thanks in advance! Ralph Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Macca Report post Posted October 5, 2013 German tool makers are not so well known outside of Germany, main European tool makers are Blanchard in France & Dixons in the UK http://www.vergez-blanchard.fr/boutique/liste_rayons.cfm http://www.josephdixon.co.uk/products.asp What kind of German tools are you looking for ? There are still some making knifes, not so much for anything else. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RoyalLeatherDesigns Report post Posted October 5, 2013 I am basically looking for top quality leather hand tools I have Somme Barry King tools that I recently purchased but I want to try foreign tools just to check out their quality and performance. I just want something different not any Tandy stuff ill try tools that are ade here in the US as well. Ho else do you know that makes leather tools? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RoyalLeatherDesigns Report post Posted October 5, 2013 Macca, I just checked out those two websites and that's exactly what I am looking for. Those are very nice tools. Is there any way to translate their web to English? Ralph Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Macca Report post Posted October 5, 2013 for the Blanchard site, probably google translate is your best bet, lot of the names of the tools will be wrong, but you will get the idea http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vergez-blanchard.fr%2Fboutique%2Fliste_rayons.cfm&act=url Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Macca Report post Posted October 5, 2013 would also recommend this thread http://leatherworker.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=49437&st=0 Walter has an incredible collection of European tools, I doubt a better one exists Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jk215 Report post Posted October 8, 2013 You can buy Blanchard tools from fineleatherworking.com which is USA based. Those tools are the cream of the crop. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
