News

June 27, 2020 by Tooltique

Our plane stock levels in the website are currently low because they are simply selling faster than we can refurbish them at present, we do have good stocks but not enough hours in the week to keep up with demand. It's important to us that standards are maintained and every plane has the correct attention needed to ensure it is suitable for fine … [Read more...] about Plain Crazy for Vintage Planes

March 24, 2020 by Tooltique

We want to make clear the steps that have been taken for the past 3 weeks in preparation for the Coronavirus (Covid-19) and why we will continue trading and are open for business, working in a safe considerate manner. As a small family business we do have considerable control over our environment and we are not open to the public. We have enough … [Read more...] about We Are Open For Business – COVID-19 Important Steps Taken

February 25, 2020 by Tooltique

Unfortunately I've had a muscle tear in my back shoulder for the past month which has really hindered me with sharpening saws, this has been very frustrating to say the least when I see a great big pile of saws to refurbish and dwindling stocks of completed saws ready for sale in our stock room. I've had injuries and muscle tears in the past … [Read more...] about Saw Sharpening and shoulder injury

February 24, 2020 by Tooltique

As the Brexit date of 31st of January passed we have spoken to a few customers who seem concerned about what is going to happen in the future. It's understandable now that they have found a reliable supplier of quality old tools. Firstly there will be no changes for the rest of the year whilst negotiations between the UK & EU are ongoing, … [Read more...] about Brexit – European Buyers of old used tools.

October 30, 2019 by Tooltique

It's been a while since I last had a chance to add news to the website due to the workload going on behind the scenes and it's been very busy to say the least. Tooltique has always been work in progress, primarily to deliver a better quality finished product so very little work is needed on the new users behalf to use their newly acquired used … [Read more...] about Tooltique News – Summer/Autumn 2019

April 26, 2019 by Tooltique

There has been some very big updates with the website the past week although very few visual changes to the front end of the website, that is apart from a few issues we had with browsers etc which could have affected some users, hopefully these issues will all soon be sorted out. The main coding for the website has been changed and it has been … [Read more...] about Tooltique Website Issues over Easter

January 29, 2019 by Tooltique

No this blog isn't about Brexit or the majority of halfwit politicians who quite frankly excel in incompetence. It's not about beliefs or even opinions about what is wrong with the world but instead a positive outlook some of us people (otherwise known as plebs in political terms) have about the future. After stumbling on BBC's 'Back in time at … [Read more...] about 2019 Interesting times

October 30, 2018 by Tooltique

Hi Folks, It took some doing but we have finally broke through the 2000 barrier for tools listed here which is no mean feat when they are constantly being sold (I'm not complaining by the way). We have been listing all year and the number of tools fluctuated up and down as they sell but after much effort we have hit the target set at the … [Read more...] about Breaking news – The Magic 2000 Old Tools

October 15, 2018 by Tooltique

We have finally bitten the bullet and we are trying to work through a huge pile of old chisels to increase the choice customers have in the website. As ever when doing things properly this is no mean feat, especially when so many vintage chisels require flattening, sharpening, re-handling etc to bring them to a standard suitable for fine … [Read more...] about Latest Tooltique News – Chisel Fest