We did a lot of research before deciding on the specific design of the Gramercy Tools dovetail saw. We wanted a hand-filed and hand-set saw for the smoothest action, a fine toothed saw for fast, smooth cuts, and we wanted to file it rip so it would cut ...more info

We have wanted to make a great cabinetmaker's hammer for a long time. Traditionally, hammers are named for the region where they first evolved. Our hammers are a new design, but owe a debt to the past. In keeping with tradition we are calling our first hammer ...more info

This special rasp was suggested to us by Clark & Williams Planemakers. It’s a traditional tool for the specialized trade of saw handle making, although anybody working in a closed space will find this rasp useful. It’s basically a 6" hand-cut ...more info

There’s been a big revolution in handsaws lately and now everyone knows how wonderful a good saw is if it’s done right. However, nearly the whole revival has been with various permutations of backsaws. Well, sometimes you have to cut a curve. ...more info

Your Gramercy Tools backsaw is made out of 1095 steel. It should stay sharp for a long time. However eventually it will need sharpening. We can understand if you hesitate to do this job yourself and we are happy to provide this service. You are responsible ...more info

Elsewhere in our catalogue we are offering the Gramercy Tools carcase saw, (see below for link) but we know some of you will want to get a chance to use that very special short end of timber you have in a drawer to customize your own set of saws. These kits ...more info

The Gramercy Tools 12" carcase saws are hand filed, hammer set, and patterned after 18th century design principles. We call them "carcase" saws, which is the proper 18th and 19th century terminology, to call attention to our saws’ 18th century roots.The ...more info

From the late 18th until the mid 19th century the two most common backsaws found in a joiner’s toolbag would be a dovetail saw and a sash saw. The dovetail saw would be filed with fleam so that it could be used for all small work, not just dovetailing, ...more info

Elsewhere in our catalogue we are offering the Gramercy Tools 14" Sash saw, (see below for link) but we know some of you will want to get a chance to use that very special short end of timber you have in a drawer to customize your own saw. This kit comes with ...more info

Elsewhere in our catalogue we are offering the Gramercy Tools dovetail saw, (see below for link) but we know some of you will want to get a chance to use that very special short end of timber you have in a drawer to customize your own saw. This kit comes with ...more info

The Gramercy Tools Veneer Saw is based on traditional French pattern veneer saws, and is designed to be used against a straightedge. Unlike the offset handle of an English-style veneer saw, French pattern saws can be used with either hand. The placement of ...more info

A good saw vise is crucial when you hand-sharpen a saw. Most of the saw vises we see on the antique market are lighter duty saw vises with built in clamps for temporarily clamping to a bench for sharpening in the field. We have used them for years. ...more info

Why is it that after months of wholeheartedly working on a piece of furniture, we woodworkers feel a bit hesitant about the final step - putting on the finish? One answer may be that we don’t have the confidence in our finishing tools that we do in our ...more info

Waterborne finishes are getting ever better and more popular every year. However natural hair brushes, no matter how great, (like our European Ox-Hair Gramercy Tools Finishing Brushes), do not work with waterborne finishes because natural fiber is hollow and ...more info

Traditional handsaws like our Gramercy Tools dovetail saw use split nuts to hold the blade in the handle. Over time, the nuts may loosen a little, and you’ll need to tighten the nuts properly, a job for which you’ll need split nut driver. ...more info

Recently I found myself extracting a tiny glass splinter from my wife’s foot with dull Swiss army knife set of tweezers and a needle borrowed from her sewing kit. The splinter was so small, I couldn’t even see it until I realized I had a headset ...more info

Like everyone else, we are suckers for hand made rasps. These Gramercy Tools rasps are hand cut and you will be surprised not only by how fast they work, but by how smooth a surface they leave. Made of surgical grade stainless steel for a tough, long life ...more info

We have been selling our own brand of rasps for years with a US made ash handle of our own design. Well, not really our own design. We designed it but it is influenced by all the various designs of handles that have gone before it. Unlike some other handles, ...more info

In order for a rasp to cut smoothly and easily, its teeth all have to be at the same height and spaced regularly but slightly randomly, so that each tooth contacting the wood cuts in a slightly different spot. Making a riffler rasp requires skill and lots of ...more info

Before the advent of the modern vise, holdfasts used to come in all sorts of sizes. Workbenches were covered with holes top and side for clamping work everywhere. The holdfast was sufficiently important to rate almost half a page in Moxon’s Mechanicks ...more info

For years we have been asked where to go to get a good blade for a bow saw* and for years we didn't really have a good answer. Now we have a great answer. Our bow saw blades are available in 3 pitches, 10, 16, and 24 tpi. For explanation purposes, think of ...more info

Beading saws are straight-handled saws, sometimes called jeweler's saws when they come in short lengths with very fine teeth and straight-handled dovetail saws or gent's saws when they're longer. Our guess is that the name "beading saw" originated from when ...more info

A good bow saw is a wonderful thing. A good blade in a nice frame is an even MORE wonderful thing. Making a bow saw or a frame saw or even a small coping saw isn't difficult as long as you have the right hardware. Here is the right hardware. We designed ...more info