About us.
For over three decades, hand tool enthusiasts all over the world have avidly read each issue of "Fine Tool Journal" from cover to cover. In each issue is an absentee auction with hundreds of collectible and user tools. In 2021 we decided to take it a step further and offer tools for direct sale online.
The Fine Tool Journal is the single most comprehensive resource on hand tools available in the world!
Share the fascination of learning about hand tools - their history, their use, their beauty, their value.
Whether you collect hand tools, use them, or just study their history, let Fine Tool Journal help expand your enjoyment horizon. Power tools have their place, but hand tools keep you in touch with the sense of the wood, and the tradition and history of the craft.
Our sole purpose is to spread knowledge of hand tools of all trades and crafts, with a primary focus on woodworking.
Our magazines are filled with valuable and enlightening information, including independent evaluations of modern hand tools, tips for fine-tuning tools for best performance, historical information for collectors, coming events of interest to tool nuts, book reviews - and much, much more!
Join the Journal!
Join a world-class group of editors and authors in the pleasant pursuit of hand tool knowledge by subscribing to Fine Tool Journal.
Fine Tool Journal provides our readers with real value and coverage of the topics and trends related to all aspects of historic industry.
Fascinating features on the evaluation of modern hand tools
Special offerings of tools and books that represent significant savings
Insightful, historical perspectives for the collector and student of hand tools and hand methods
How-To articles on fine-tuning new and old tools, restoring old tools, and making your own tools
Feature stories about collectible and antique tools of interest to both collector and craftsman
Absentee Tool Auction - a popular favorite
Articles spotlighting modern tool makers and their products
Calendar of Upcoming Events of particular interest to collectors and craftsmen
Book reviews, and books for sale at substantial savings
Unusual and high quality hand tools for sale: antique, obsolete and modern
What our readers have to say:
"I have read over 300 issues of 11 publications, and none can match "Fine Tool Journal" for historical research and interest in fine tools of a bygone era." David Jordan, Infodex Services, Richmond, VA
"Please renew my subscription to the "Fine Tool Journal" for another year. I certainly like the new format and the articles written by your new writers. Keep up your good work." John H. Wilson Spartanburg, SC
Looking for higher end items?
Visit Brown Tool Auctions, a world-renowned international tool auction and partner of Fine Tool Journal LLC since 1997. Today, the two auctions are separate but under the same owner, and still work together to customize the audience for each item, ensuring the sale of all your tools at high prices, not just the showpieces. Your collection, if large, can be sold as a separate auction or, if smaller, be combined with other high-quality consignments from established collectors.
Consign your tools with Fine Tool Journal!
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