HANDMADE TOOLS
large hook. used in the harvesting of willow. Very popular with lady basket makers as it doesn't require you to cut large amounts of willow at one time.

Willow harvesting sickle
£45
Tools for a variety of crafts. Including Basketry, Timber Framing, Chair Seating (rush and cane), Green Woodwork and Pole Lathing.

I am currently working on new designs, but if you have a particular tool that you are looking for and cant see here, send me an email or phone me and I will see what I can do!

Forthecoming tools include: Side axes, small axes, pole lathe turning tools, stock knives for peg making, rake tine cutters, and anything else you think I should be making! I'm also developing tools for cob builders and thatchers, please contact me for more info.
Gripfids (3mm, 5mm, 6mm)
£9
This type of axe can be made upon request and is ideal for everything from hedge laying to camping.
Versions of this axe can be made to order from £140

This axe can also be made as a left or right handed side axe!
Log Dogs (new image to follow soon)
£35 a pair
Shell bodkin. Used in cane seating
3-Way Cleave. made from boxwood by Pete Montanez. Used to split willow
Gripfid. Used in split ply and braid work.
Large rush threader. Used in Rush chair seating
Padding Stick. Used in Rush cair seatinig. Made by Pete Montanez
Small Rush Threader. Used in rush basketry
Tybil or Morticing Knife. Used to make and tidy up mortices in hurdle fences, etc
Tybil or Morticing knife
(left or right hand available)
£50
Large rush threader
£13
Small Rush threader
£9
Cleave
£20

Montanez shell bodkin
£8.50
Socketed wood chisels from 1/4" wide. Boxwood handle
Socketed chisels        (1/4" to 3" wide blades)
From £30
Medium sized Froe for splitting green wood
Froes

Size             Blade only          With ash handle
5" blade            £20                        £30
7" blade            £30                        £40
11" blade          £40                        £45
Padding stick
£15
Log Dog for holding timbers steady whilst hewing and carving
solid forged picking knife
Picking knife
£30
Compact Bodkin. 10mm or 12mm diameter
Compact Bodkin
£20
Basketry Related Crafts
Woodworking Tools
Dovetailed hand adze. Shape and size of blade can be changed to suit your needs. Ash Handle
Straight edged hand Adze.
hand forged drawknife. not as flat as machine made versions, but more efficient and longer lasting! Available in a range of shapes and sizes upon request.
traditional rapping irons available with a straight handle or commander ring
Rapping Irons
£10 with straight handle
£15 with ring commander
Below are a range of woodworking tools hand forged from high carbon steel and sitted with locally grown hardwood handles. All tools can be supplied with leather sheathes to protect the edges for a small extra cost (recommended). Also as a way of keeping costs down I am willing to supply just the metal parts, allowing you to make your own handles.


Wood Working Tools
New image coming soon!
Straight adze (approx 3"edge)
£40 (blade only)
£60 (with ash handle
New image coming soon!
Curved adze (approx 3" edge)
£40 (blade only)
£60 (with ash handle
Small drawknife
£55
Basketry Related Tools
Here is a range of tools produced for basketry related crafts, including rush and cane seating, split-ply/braid work and willow or rush basketry. I work closely with a range of basketmakers around the country to develop the best tools available.


Fores for cleaving green wood
My froe blades are forged down to a full taper, just like a knife blade. Though a more costly process, it is the traditional way of making froes and many believe it to give better control than the modern paralel sided types.

The sockets are all tapered and welded shut to the blade, allowing a handle to be slotted though from the underside. All of my baldes are made from hardened and tempered spring steel.
Sparring hook. used for many greenwood tasks
Sparring Hook            (other billhooks coming soon!)
£75
Socketed wood chisels. Yew handle
Socketed wood chisels. Yew handle
Last Updated
7/7/2008
Carving hooks
A range of spoon/bowl carving tools. I can make these tools to any shape and size you prefer, but these are the current range of 'standards'
All available in left or right handed versions

Prices (left to right)
£30 (1 1/4" straight blade)
£40
£40
£35 (1" diameter)
£35 (3/4" diameter)