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Warning, this article could take up a chunk of your evening and cause you serious enlightenment. In the new year we will be adding a more comprehensive selection of wooden planes to the website which often get overlooked by woodworkers but I wanted to show a collaboration of videos out there for a more in-depth…

Over the Christmas period I was reading Paul sellers blog which is always insightful and well worth reading from time to time. He covered over a series of blogs his views on craftsmanship and apprenticeships which does pose a question, will there over time be a real shortage of problem solving craftsmen when the 50+…

Given that we operate online its our business to know whats going on when it comes to vintage and antique tools. This also includes eBay where we also sell a few odds and ends by limiting what we list because of what happens there. All too often we see auction prices out strip what we…

One of our main features in this website is that we thoroughly refurbish vintage tools to a high standard to ensure they are fit for purpose. We don’t just do the obvious stuff of just cleaning them but allocate enough time with an experienced eye to eradicate defects that could be detrimental to the tools…

We all love a bargain when buying old tools but genuinely it only happens on rare occasions when we are in the right place at the right time, more often than not people like to tell ourselves we bought well even if it wasn’t the case. I buy tools every week from a range of…

I woke up this morning at the usual time my body seems to ignite into life naturally after all those years being up at the crack of dawn when working on the tools. Breakfast generally consists of tea followed quickly by another before hollowing at the boys to ‘get up you lazy sods’ which usually…

Woodworking is a pleasurable hobby that can well turn into a lucrative career if taken seriously enough but for many it offers an escape from their day to day lives with the added benefit of being rewarded for the efforts and time spent doing it. Wood is a very tactile and pliable natural material that…

Our aim here at Tooltique has always been to become a reliable supplier of good old user tools restored to a standard that match or better their original functionality. Yes during this process we improve a tools appearance but more importantly the tool should work to its optimum performance with little or no final honing.…

The Antique tool market continues to see strong growth in 2017 whilst demand for rare items is increasing as more new collectors evolve into becoming more serious collectors. Prices seen last year are set to continue to rise as supply and demand continues to narrow but are they rising for the right reasons? Collecting first…

Ever struggle to pronounce our Trade name? Well the name is a play on the two words ‘Tool’ & ‘Antique’ and so is pronounced Tool TIQUE. My father came up with the name many years ago and traded under that name for a majority of the time he had the tool business here in Norwich…

Tools turn up from time to time which have probably been made specifically for or by a craftsman to make their lives easier or due to availability or cost. Many of these tools were rarely given much thought or even appreciated by collectors but it seems things are set to change as there is growing interest…

Important announcement: We have always used a secure payment gateway for customers in the past but we now have upgraded the whole website to be encrypted and secure in all aspects of the data that customers may have added to the website in the past and the future, such as contact details etc. We never…