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Tuesday, February 25, 2014

WHS (William Hunt and Sons) Trowels

WHS is the United Kingdom's best known trowel brand. The firm started in 1793 as William Hunt & Sons of Brades Steel Works, of Oldbury, near Birmingham. In 1962 Spear & Jackson acquired the parent firm, and in 1985 Neill Tools bought Spear & Jackson. Today, Neill Tools is the largest UK-owned hand tool manufacturer, and sells trowels forged in Sheffield as WHS Tyzack. Their other trowel brands are Tyzack and Spear & Jackson.

Catalogue: William Hunt & Sons, The Brades Steel Works Ltd.
Spear and Jackson - About Us
Wikipedia William Hunt and Sons
Blog about WHS Archaeological Trowels


WHS 7 inch brick trowel
WHS trowel stamp

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  1. JOctober 5, 2014 at 6:33 AM

    Whs. Work Hard or Starve. Congratulations on this blog. Good work.

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