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Foreign (Non-American) Tools Notify Me When Tools Are Added Picture Name Description Price Posted On: Circa: British Ivory Level Ivory level with sterling silver top plate, britsh made. Not For Sale May 28, 2004 Unknown Classic Scottish Badger Plane Classic pattern Scottish badger (skewed-iron) plane. $1100 May 28, 2004 Unknown English Caochmaker's Router Plane Handcrafted router plane originally for use in making carriages. $325 June 06, 2004 Unknown Falconer Coachmaker's Circular Router Plane Falconer Coachmaker's Circular Router Plane, adjustable curve radius. Not For Sale May 20, 2004 1846 1 2     Click on a column heading to sort by that column.Displaying Page 1 of 2     Click on a picture to see a larger version of the image.

Originally, this web site focused on American patented antique tools. But the world of tools is not restricted to America, in fact historically we are latecomers to the tool-invention game. If you travel the world and look at tools made in other countries, you'll see that inventiveness and beauty of design are things we all share worldwide. This page shows the foreign (from an American's point of view) tool masterpieces. Foreign tools tend to be more likely craftsman made (with some exceptions, notably often in the U.K.). They are individual works of art that often depict some form of nature (animals, plants, etc.) in their designs. This seems to me a natural expansion of the fact that people made tools to build things from natural materials. In the foreign tool category can also be found examples of radical new tool designs, as the biggest hand tool changes happened outside of the USA (usually before the USA was the USA)!