Unfortunately today it seems as if the woodworking hand
tool has very much become the second class citizen in many
tool shops around the world. It seems that more and more
people are ready to use power tools for carrying out those
tasks which were once only done using hand tools. Although
power tools can be very useful, there is much that can be
said for the hand tool as well. In fact one company which
seems to keep going even in this world of power mad DIY'ers
is Stanley Woodworking Hand Tools.
The Stanley company has been around now for more than 160
years and is familiar to people in more than 130 different
countries across the globe. Certainly the name of Stanley
Tools has been familiar to woodworkers and homeowners for
all this time. Originally the company was set up by
Frederick T Stanley in New Britain, Connecticut to produce
door bolts. But since it humble beginnings the company has
now flourished into one of the biggest suppliers of locks,
woodworking and hand tools that is easily recognizable
around the world.
Certainly if you were to look in any good woodworking
workshop around the world and not just a professional one
you will find that they will have an assortment of various
Stanley woodworking hard tools in their tool racks or boxes.
Certainly one of the most successful items that Stanley have
ever produced is the Stanley Plane. Since the 1870's Stanley
have sold millions of their cast iron hand planes much of
which are based on patents that they purchased from Leonard
Bailey of Boston, Massachusetts. Since the first plane was
manufactured the Stanley woodworking hand tools division of
Stanley has purchased many other patents as well as entire
plane manufacturing companies and have also continued to
improve the design of their planes right up until the first
half of the 20th Century.
It is because the Stanley company has been around for so
long and are so well associated with the world of
woodworking and producing such high quality hand tools that
they seem to be able to compete effectively with power
tools. So when you are next considering purchasing some good
quality equipment for your carpentry workshop then I would
suggest that you look no further than buying some Stanley
woodworking hand tools.
