Trowel and Masonry Tool Collector Resource

This is the only known site devoted to collecting trowels and other masonry, plastering, and molder's hand tools. Tools for working with concrete, stone, paving, tile, and terrazzo are included. It is intended as an international guide to identifying and preserving these tools and the histories of their makers.

Friday, April 8, 2022

Colonel Tools, Sheffield

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Liverpool Echo, 20 Apr. 1959 Tools labeled "Colonel Sheffield" have mystified collectors and others for at least 20 years. It was...
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Tuesday, October 12, 2021

History of Nelson & Doble

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The San Francisco, California firm of Nelson & Doble was a partnership of two blacksmiths, Thomas Nelson (1821-1907) and Abner Doble (1...
Monday, July 12, 2021

History of George W. Ziegler Machinery Co.

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George W. Ziegler Machinery Co., Pittsburgh, PA, was a concrete machinery dealer and a manufacturer of concrete edgers and groovers. The com...
Monday, May 10, 2021

The Knox Concrete Block Machine

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Thank you to a reader, Donovan, for sending these photos of his restored and unrestored Knox concrete block machines. His YouTube video   de...
Monday, April 5, 2021

History of Dearosa Manufacturing Co.

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Hardware Age , Vol. 162, No. 3, 15 July 1948. Dearosa Manufacturing Co. was operating in 1948 in Brooklyn, NY. They manufactured tools for p...
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