01 / LAYOUT
Knife the line
A scored line severs the surface fibres and gives the saw a wall to drop into. Every accurate joint starts with a marking knife and a true square, not a pencil.
Plate 01 — The bench plane
Tools that take
Tools that take
the finishing cut.
Planes, chisels and saws for hand-cut joinery — forged from high-carbon steel, lapped flat, and shipped with an edge you can work with on arrival. Built to the tolerances a cabinetmaker actually measures.
≤0.025 mmSole flatness, lapped
61–64 HRCEdge hardness
30Tools, six disciplines
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On the bench
Read the drawing
Plate 02 — exploded view
Every spec is on the label
01SteelO1, A2 & laminated White #2
02Hardness60–64 HRC at the edge
03GeometryBevel & bed angles, stated
04ToleranceSoles lapped ≤ 0.025 mm
05EdgeHoned & ready to work
No marketing adjectives where a number will do. Each tool ships with its measured specification, because a joint is only as honest as the tool that cut it.
From the workshop
Four cuts worth mastering
02 / SAWING
Split the line
A rip-filed dovetail saw with a thin plate starts on the knife wall and tracks straight. Let the saw's weight cut; steering it is what bends the kerf.
03 / PARING
Pare to fit
A long, sharp paring chisel driven by the shoulder — never struck — takes the last shaving off a tenon cheek for a joint that slides home with friction, not force.
04 / FINISH
Plane it clean
A keen smoothing plane and a card scraper leave a surface ready for oil — no sandpaper, no dust, just a sheen that catches the light along the grain.
Sharp out of the
box. Sharp for years.
We grind, lap and hone every tool before it ships, and we tell you exactly how to keep it that way. A tool that arrives blunt is a tool you have to fix before you can use it — so ours don't.
Sharpening kit →A1
Honed before dispatchPlane irons and chisels leave the bench with a working edge, backs lapped flat and ready for your stones.
A2
Tuned, not just assembledFrogs bedded, mouths set, soles checked flat — the fettling most tools need before first use is already done.
A3
Built to be maintainedStandard irons, replaceable parts and simple geometry, so a good tool stays a good tool for a working life.