Tool Brands?

[jcuk]

46 minutes ago, mike02130 said:

To get back to Rasmus' question.

Pfeil Swiss Made tools makes a head knife.  I don't know anything about them.  I have some of their older carving tools which I think are better than their newer ones.  They're in Europe.  

Take a look at this site.

https://www.dictum.com/en/leatherworking-papercraft-tools-upholstery-bb

Hope this helps

JCUK

Edited August 11, 2019 by jcuk

[Askys]

Many thanks for all the tips, i'l be sure to research this a bit more, don't feel that the initial cost of one Head knife is to bad, i just want to make sure not to buy a bad one and have to buy another in the future.

 

However one of the question that seems to have been lost in all this Head knife talk was what are some general good tool brands? not just for the head knife's

 

-Rasmus

[Matt S]

George Barnsley. Solid, no-nonsense old-fashioned knives made in Sheffield, England (a world leader in the cutlery and tool trade for centuries). Quarter-round ("head" in England) knife for about £15 and a half-round knife for £30. I've been using one of their head knives every day for several years now. It just works.
https://www.georgebarnsleyandsons.co.uk/saddlery-knives

They've recently revived their wider range of leather-working tools (pricking irons, edge shaves etc.) but I've not tried any yet.

Osborne tools are very good. Ivan aren't nearly so good quality. Blanchard I've only used vintage tools, which were good quality but I can't say about the current production ones.

[Askys]

7 minutes ago, Matt S said:

George Barnsley. Solid, no-nonsense old-fashioned knives made in Sheffield, England (a world leader in the cutlery and tool trade for centuries). Quarter-round ("head" in England) knife for about £15 and a half-round knife for £30. I've been using one of their head knives every day for several years now. It just works.
https://www.georgebarnsleyandsons.co.uk/saddlery-knives

They've recently revived their wider range of leather-working tools (pricking irons, edge shaves etc.) but I've not tried any yet.

Osborne tools are very good. Ivan aren't nearly so good quality. Blanchard I've only used vintage tools, which were good quality but I can't say about the current production ones.

 

Hmm quite intresting that, on the Website i usualy buy tools a Osborne moon knife is about 30 USD the Ivan and Blanchard are both around 90 USD, wonder whats up with that.

Many thanks for the George Barnsley tip, it does look like allot of really nice tools and at pretty good prices aswell  Got to check if they Ship to me however.

[zuludog]

George Barnsley and Sons was a traditional Sheffield manufacturer of good quality, no frills tools for the shoe making and other industries, but they ceased trading years ago. However, the story I heard is that recently the administrators discovered a warehouse full of unsold stock. With these, they relaunched the company and also started manufacturing again. Well, as I said, that's what I heard, and I would be happy to have that confirmed, or to be corrected

I have one of their head knives, and it's excellent! But like many traditional makers you only get a basic cutting edge, you must do the final sharpening and polishing yourself. This keeps the costs down. They make head knives, round knives, and other knives & tools. I seem to remember that the head & round knives were about £20 & £25

Unfortunately I cannot log onto their website, either by entering it directly into Google or via the link on this Thread, so I'm unable to confirm the prices. If you can log on I'd like to hear from you, in which case I need to get in touch with my local computer expert. That's why I hadn't mentioned them till now, as I didn't want to confuse matters. They also have a Facebook page. I can't log on via that either.

I think that most decent suppliers will sell for export, but check for shipping costs and import duties

[Matt S]

39 minutes ago, zuludog said:

George Barnsley and Sons was a traditional Sheffield manufacturer of good quality, no frills tools for the shoe making and other industries, but they ceased trading years ago. However, the story I heard is that recently the administrators discovered a warehouse full of unsold stock. With these, they relaunched the company and also started manufacturing again. Well, as I said, that's what I heard, and I would be happy to have that confirmed, or to be corrected

I have one of their head knives, and it's excellent! But like many traditional makers you only get a basic cutting edge, you must do the final sharpening and polishing yourself. This keeps the costs down. They make head knives, round knives, and other knives & tools. I seem to remember that the head & round knives were about £20 & £25

Unfortunately I cannot log onto their website, either by entering it directly into Google or via the link on this Thread, so I'm unable to confirm the prices. If you can log on I'd like to hear from you, in which case I need to get in touch with my local computer expert. That's why I hadn't mentioned them till now, as I didn't want to confuse matters. They also have a Facebook page. I can't log on via that either.

I think that most decent suppliers will sell for export, but check for shipping costs and import duties

The current G Barnsley & Sons is, AIUI, being run by George's grandson, who until recently was producing a limited range of tools under his main business' name, Woodware Repetitions, which specialises in machining wooden components such as tool handles. Knives branded for Woodware have been sold for years through British dealers like JT Bachelor and Abbey England. However as of last year, I think, they are now doing the full range of traditional tools. All new production -- they show in-progress photos of what they're producing each week on social media.

I have had no problems viewing their website. Maybe you need to clear your internet cache?

[Askys]

3 hours ago, zuludog said:

George Barnsley and Sons was a traditional Sheffield manufacturer of good quality, no frills tools for the shoe making and other industries, but they ceased trading years ago. However, the story I heard is that recently the administrators discovered a warehouse full of unsold stock. With these, they relaunched the company and also started manufacturing again. Well, as I said, that's what I heard, and I would be happy to have that confirmed, or to be corrected

I have one of their head knives, and it's excellent! But like many traditional makers you only get a basic cutting edge, you must do the final sharpening and polishing yourself. This keeps the costs down. They make head knives, round knives, and other knives & tools. I seem to remember that the head & round knives were about £20 & £25

Unfortunately I cannot log onto their website, either by entering it directly into Google or via the link on this Thread, so I'm unable to confirm the prices. If you can log on I'd like to hear from you, in which case I need to get in touch with my local computer expert. That's why I hadn't mentioned them till now, as I didn't want to confuse matters. They also have a Facebook page. I can't log on via that either.

I think that most decent suppliers will sell for export, but check for shipping costs and import duties

 

Yea i can see it aswell ''Saddlers round knife 28,10 gbp''

It does say on the website ''Can't see anything? Click here to install Google Chrome'' Are you using Chrome or some other web browser?

Said on his website under Shipping/payments/Returns that if you are a international buyer to contact them thru mail first.

[OLESKIVER]

you can try osborneleathertools.com and see if they will work for you. they have been in business for 190 yrs. for tools? there is tandys, and I believe I saw mention of a starters set in weaver leather. barry king has really nice stamps but is mostly geared for sheridan style, not sure you would want to try that as a novice. plus some other small ones that are indivigidly owned. I think you have to call them. plus there is sergys in russia. but he mostly makes border tools and background tool. I say tools butr they are stamps if I am confusing you.. I [lan on getting some of his stamps, and a pair of his swivel knives. so will see what the international shipping thing is. hope this helped you.