Bristol Design tool shop

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

Inside Bristol Design Tool Shop
Inside Bristol Design Tool Shop

Lock Down – We Plan on Staying Open

With the current lock down our reading of guidelines are that we can be considered an essential shop so plan on staying open at least as much as possible. Should be open normal times on Mon to Sat, 9:30 – 5:30.

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

As a small business we have a problem looming

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.
These cycle lanes removed much needed parking, while also stopping any disabled stopping. The highways people have agreed loading and unloading can be done by blocking the cycle lanes either side.
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 say this is temporary, but want to make it permanent. Similar policies are bring brought in in many cities and locations sometimes with devastating effects.
Woodworking tools more planes and ades, axes
planes, adzes and axes
woodworking tools selection of planes
Shelves full of woodworking planes

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.

rows of wooden moulding planes
Shelves of wooden moulding planes
bow saws and planes
bowsaws and planes

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.

Stanley and Record planes
Stanley and Record planes
wide angle of Bristol Design shop interior
fisheye of shop interior

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.

Normally Open Mon – Sat 9:30 – 5:30 Closed Sun

Due to current coronavirus and 2nd lock down plan on being open Mon, Tues, Fri and hopefully Sat as normal. Wed and Thur maybe not till late morning.

We still only take cash payments

Maybe best to phone first if you are travelling any distance.

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.

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