Welcome to Hackney Tools, based in the east end of London in the UK.
If you would like to SELL some old woodworking tools, email me on mail@hackneytools.com, or you can call me on 07946 497504. I buy good quality woodworking hand tools and I’m particularly interested in hand tools from Stanley, Lie Nielsen, Mathieson, Norris, Preston, Spiers, Addis, Record, Millers Falls, Holland, Slater, G.Miller and Holzapfell.
I’m afraid I cannot buy large machines, due to lack of storage space. 🙁
About the blog
This blog is primarily about quality woodworking tools from the 19th-20th centuries. I also try to include information about the woodwork and carpentry trades from those times. I'm very proud to be living in the east end of London, an area well-known for it's furniture trade and it's quality workmanship throughout the 19thc. I'm always keen to meet people who were part of this excellent trade.
Perhaps one of your family members was connected with the furniture and cabinet-making trades of London. Why not get in touch using the contact link. - Gary Cook
Feb 25
I will buy your woodworking tools
Jul 05
Mini-Workbench Plans
This is a nice project you might want to make if you’re pressed for space, or if your current setup doesn’t include a sturdy bench top with a vice. Steve Tomlin of SBT Design recently won first prize in the worldwide ‘Masters of Wood’ plans competition 2017, organised by Triton tools. …
Jun 26
East End Canal Heritage
May 14
Distinctive Norris A7
As readers of this blog will know, I do trade in collectable woodworking tools, but I don’t often get round to keeping many of them myself. I see little point in keeping tools on a shelf, when they could be being used in a workshop and appreciated in use, rather than for purely aesthetic reasons. …
Feb 21
Info on coach making tools?
This beautiful coachmakers plough plane went past my limit last week on a well-known auction site. I should have gone higher, but a limit is a limit. It’s a stunning tool with a fence that will work around curves, such as a coachmaker might require. I have had so many coachmaker-related tools of this kind …
Jan 07
Marples ‘Shamrock’ Tool Cabinet
This little Marples cabinet is offered for sale from Michael French. Please get in touch with Michael by emailing him with this link if you would like to ask any questions or talk prices.
