Bristol Design tool shop

Name: Bristol Design Tool Shop
SKU: tools
Availability: InStock

14 Perry Rd

Bristol BS1 5BG

England

+44 (0)117 929 1740

Woodworking Tools used and vintage plus many others

14 Perry Rd, Bristol BS1 5BG, England

We are OPEN the full 6 days of week Mon through Sat

Partly dependent on train and bus services, if disrupted could be late opening. Call to check.

Best to phone 0117 929 1740 just to check if travelling long distance.

Caution - Clean Air Zone Started 28 Nov 2022. Active Now

Bristol has introduced a “Clean Air Zone” covering virtually all of central Bristol. We are in the zone.

If you drive anything other than a relatively new vehicle it could hit you with a fairly hefty charge. A Map of the area covered is at Map

More info on our Visit Bristol page.

Bristol City Council have installing segregated cycle lanes on both sides of the road in front of us and also stopped left turns up St Michael's hill or right turns down St Michael's hill. Need to do the extra driving down to St James Barton roundabout (Bear Pit) and back up. OK, it adds congestion, traffic fumes, time and mileage but that is what Bristol wants it seems.

We've been here nearly 40 years and hope that these road changes don't tip us over the edge of survival. Initially the counsel said this was temporary then quietly said they want to make it permanent. The recent consultation was only on minor points admitting that the major aspects wouldn't be allowed to change. Similar policies are bring brought in in many cities and locations sometimes with devastating effects.

We are a rather uncommon type of tool shop, one specializing in older hand tools and specially woodworking ones though all other types can be found here..

We have the standard Stanley, Record planes, but also Norris, Spiers, Matheson, Preston, etc. Plough, rebate, bullnose, mitre jointer’s to block planes all here.

Green woodworking tools like froes, side axes, adze, spoon knives. Sharpening stones, chisels, squares and more.

Many of our tools are hard to find elsewhere, the older tools that have a quality now hard to find in new ones made down to a price, the one no longer in production. We add to this with new tools we make or commission for less usual tasks in woodworking or where the very highest quality is needed.

We also have a very wide range of more common second hand tools.

Yes we buy tools (and accept donations). Our customers are buying tools to use on the whole so we like tools in good condition. Age isn’t necessarily a big thing (in tools or people) so grandfathers rusty, broken plane from 1930’s isn’t a valuable antique but it might still be of use to someone. If you want to bring them to the shop give us a call first so Charles is here. We can travel to collect tools as well, again give a call and a date and time can be arranged.

We have had articles written about us in the local paper. See our About Us page.

We still only take cash payments

Maybe best to phone first if you are travelling any distance (0117 929 1740). But shouldn’t be any problems, OK except Bristol parking.

Now the legal stuff:

The small print

Website and photographs are copyright and not to be reused without written permission. Cookies, an essential food item but not to be consumed in excess. At the moment here only used occasionally and still only as a food item. May sometime start selling items on the site and having all the sign in types of things but not there yet.

We have put on Google analytics to see if anyone actually visits and this does put down cookies but if you turn them off no problem.