

Specialist Hand Tools, Made for Professionals.






Precision-ground steel and forged alloys built to exact tolerances for demanding professional environments.
Carbide-Tipped Chisels
Precision Squares & Gauges
Heavy Forged Axes & Wedges
Faulds-type tungsten carbide chisels engineered to bite into hard stone shift after shift without losing edge integrity.
Smallwood pattern rafter squares, bevelled ground straight edges, and mitre gauges calibrated for absolute accuracy.
Robust striking tools and scutch combs forged in our Leeds workshop for professional timber framing and forestry.
The British Toolmaking Standard
1985
Established in West Yorkshire
4
Historic lineages integrated
100%
British workshop forging


Standard Bearers of the Trade
Smallwood Pattern Rafter Squares
True-to-tradition steel roofing and plating squares, precision-etched with exact scaling for heritage timber construction.
Nylon Mallets & Punch Hammers
Faulds-Type Carbide Chisels
Balanced striking instruments engineered to deliver controlled force without fracturing brittle tool shanks or stone arrises.
Silver-brazed tungsten carbide tips set into heavy forged steel shanks. Designed specifically for aggressive stone carving and dressing where standard tool steels fail.
If our standard catalogue doesn't match your exact specifications, our Garforth forge will manufacture a bespoke tool to your engineering drawing.
