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A Japanese Nakiri kitchen knife with a blackened blade and octagonal spalted maple handle, great for slicing vegetables and general food preparation use. Made by Suzuki Uchi Hamono, a renowned Japanese blacksmithing workshop led by Tsukasa Suzuki, who is known for his exceptional skills in for..
£189.00
Ex Tax:£157.50
Brand: Small items
A mid-sized, conical, light pig bristle bottle brush with a dark horsehair tip — ideal for fluted glasses and narrow bodied or entry bottles. Hand finished but machine made in Germany. From the the Redecker company, who have specialised in the production of unusual and high quality brushes, made usi..
£8.50
Ex Tax:£7.08
Brand: Abbey Horn
A natural ox-horn comb small (about 88mm) single broad toothed comb for pockets, wallets, handbags, purses, or travelling. Shaped, sawn, and polished to a glass like finish in Carnforth, Lancashire, the site of Britain's one remaining hornworks. The colours range from white, to translucent amb..
£9.50
Ex Tax:£7.92
Brand: Iris Hantwerk AB
The classic 'Lovisa' nail brush, made from oiled oak and tampico fibre, from the Agave Lechugilla a plant native to the highland deserts of northern Mexico. In Sweden, there is a tradition of visually impaired craftsmen finding work in the manufacture of brushes. This continues today in the form of ..
£14.00
Ex Tax:£11.67
Brand: Small items
A small brush for table-tops and small spaces — this little brush is made in Japan from the palm fibres of Trachycarpus fortune (otherwise known as shuro), bound together with copper wire. Great for careful sweeping of bonsai and other potted plants, corners of terraces and patios, ground covers suc..
£12.00
Ex Tax:£10.00
Brand: Small items
A body brush with a boreal birch stock soaked in pine tar as a protective and preservative, and hand stitched with soft black horse hair bristles by the crafts people of a Finnish visually impaired workers cooperative. Used more or less vigorously either during bathing or saunas to gently stimulate,..
£20.00
Ex Tax:£16.67
Brand: Small items
A body brush with a boreal birch stock soaked in pine tar as a protective and preservative, and hand stitched with light cow hair bristles by the crafts people of a Finnish visually impaired workers cooperative. Used more or less vigorously either during bathing or saunas to gently stimulate, clean,..
£20.00
Ex Tax:£16.67
Brand: Redecker
A small brush for sensitive surfaces, niches, fine delicate items, and the careful focussed cleaning of more valuable artifacts. Very fine soft goat hair mounted to a turned, oiled beech stock. From the workshops of a family run brush-makers in Germany, who since the 1930's have specialised in the t..
£24.00
Ex Tax:£20.00
Brand: Small items
A simple hand stitched table brush of oiled maple, medium soft grey-brown horse hair and steel wire, with a distinctively flat profile. For use with a dustpan as a floor or bench broom. From the company of Iris Hantverk whose workshops in Sweden and Estonia were founded to provide traditional handcr..
£18.50
Ex Tax:£15.42
Brand: Penco
A desk-top or wall mounted tape dispenser with a body made of a single piece of folded and enamelled sheet steel, with hardened cutting blades, and one piece chromed machined rollers. Takes tape up to 20mm wide and about 5cm diameter. Made in Taiwan. Tape not supplied. Measures 9.5cm x 3cm x 4cm...
£28.00
Ex Tax:£23.33
Brand: Small items
A simple hand stitched hand broom of beech, medium soft grey-brown horse hair, and steel wire. For use with a dustpan as a floor or bench broom. From the company of Iris Hantverk whose workshops in Sweden and Estonia were founded to provide traditional handcraft employment for the visually impaired,..
£18.50
Ex Tax:£15.42
Brand: Large items
A pretty white enamelled steel colander or sieve with a bowl of about 16cm diameter, a long handle, and a hook to the opposing side to allow it to rest over a pan without slipping. Made in the Austrian Riess enamel works, which draws power from its own hydroelectric plants and seeks to operate ..
£39.50
Ex Tax:£32.92
Brand: Small items
A small enamelled steel mug with a white interior and black rim, made in Ukraine. Firing in a traditional kiln results in slight variations of temperature and therefore colour and nature of finish. All our Ukrainian enamelware is triple coated onto a heavy steel base, is dishwasher safe, does not ta..
£6.50
Ex Tax:£5.42
Brand: Small items
A small enamelled steel mug with a white interior and black rim, made in Ukraine. Firing in a traditional kiln results in slight variations of temperature and therefore colour and nature of finish. All our Ukrainian enamelware is triple coated onto a heavy steel base, is dishwasher safe, does not ta..
£6.50
Ex Tax:£5.42
Brand: Small items
A tightly hand-woven tea strainer, made from split bamboo, bound and reinforced by fine, lighter coloured strips of rattan. Used for centuries as part of the tea ceremony these strainers are ideal for use with loose whole-leaf green and herbal teas, and with their depth can be used either with a tea..
£25.00
Ex Tax:£20.83
Brand: Small items
A simple cutting or serving board, in untreated birch with a hole for carrying and hanging, made by Iris Hantverk of Sweden, who have provided fair employment for the visually impaired in their craft workshops in Sweden and latterly Estonia since the nineteenth century. We recommend that these are o..
£34.50
Ex Tax:£28.75
A Japanese Kawamuki (peeler) kitchen knife with a blackened blade and octagonal spalted maple handle, ideal for in-the-hand-cutting and small chopping. Made by Suzuki Uchi Hamono, a renowned Japanese blacksmithing workshop led by Tsukasa Suzuki, who is known for his exceptional skills in forging uni..
£134.00
Ex Tax:£111.67
Brand: Penco
A desk-top or wall mounted tape dispenser with a body made of a single piece of folded and enamelled sheet steel, with hardened cutting blades, and one piece chromed machined rollers. Takes tape up to 20mm wide and about 5cm diameter. Made in Taiwan. Tape not supplied. Measures 9.5cm x 3cm x 4cm...
£28.00
Ex Tax:£23.33
Brand: Small items
A body brush with a birch stock and hand stitched with soft light cow hair bristles by the crafts people of a Finnish visually impaired workers cooperative. Used more or less vigorously either during bathing or saunas to gently stimulate, clean, and exfoliate the skin. Best rinsed and left to dry be..
£20.00
Ex Tax:£16.67
A small, but beautifully formed, basket with a hanging loop, hand woven in Vietnam in a traditional fish form, using seagrass and wood. Hang in a convenient spot and use to store small items within easy reach. ø 5-7cm, length 17cm. ..
£14.50
Ex Tax:£12.08
Brand: Small items
A small brush for table-tops and small spaces — this little brush is made in Japan from the palm fibres of Trachycarpus fortune (otherwise known as shuro), bound together with copper wire. Great for careful sweeping of bonsai and other potted plants, corners of terraces and patios, ground covers suc..
£9.00
Ex Tax:£7.50
Brand: Small items
A two metre printed steel tape metrical scale marked in centimetres and millimetres. Sprung to retract, but not locking. Housed in a solid stainless steel case this is pleasantly heavy in the hand. Ideal for keeping in pockets, handbags, and pencil cases as a handy measure for the occasional piece o..
£15.00
Ex Tax:£12.50
Brand: Small items
An all-stainless non-locking Stockman's knife, or castrator, with a short, stuuby blade and slender profile, great for keeping handy as a general purpose pocket knife. Made in Sheffield by Taylors Eye Witness, who have been making pocket knives for over 150 years. The blade is stamped at the base wi..
£26.50
Ex Tax:£22.08
Brand: Asano Mokkousho
A small professional grade weeding hoe hand forged of Hitachi SK steel fixed to a magnolia wood handle. From Asano Mokkousho, of Tsubame-Sanjo, Niigata Prefecture Japan. A rare left-handed Japanese made razor type hoe, the angle is set and the blade sharpened for optimum weeding efficiency helping t..
£12.00
Ex Tax:£10.00
Brand: Small items
A 15cm pure brass ruler with with one raised edge for easy pick up and to prevent under-bleeding when used with ink-pens. From a small, long established metal pressing workshop based in downtown Tokyo. Left raw, that is without any chrome or nickel plating, without powder coating or lacquers of any ..
£18.50
Ex Tax:£15.42
Brand: Small items
A circular rattan cane bread raising and forming basket for perfect flour striped lightly ribbed loaves. Rattan baskets retain and absorb warmth, provide a consistent shape and texture and ensure the formation of a healthy crust by controlling moisture conditions on the surface of the dough. Also gr..
£12.50
Ex Tax:£10.42
Brand: Small items
A small sized black twine bound broom of broom-corn or rice-straw, which is neither from rice nor corn, but a kind of sorghum grass traditionally planted on 5th June and harvested around the 20th August - after about 75 days growth giving the optimum length between ligule (the point at which the ste..
£40.00
Ex Tax:£33.33
Brand: Small items
Wooden cutting and serving boards shaped from local maritime pine — a relatively hard and resinous soft wood native to Iberia, south west France, and the western Mediterranean. Hand shaped and finished by the artisans of Maria terracota in Porto de Mós, central Portugal. With a simple oiled finish. ..
£27.50
Ex Tax:£22.92
Brand: Small items
A box of 10 small dip-dyed Wa-rosoku (hand rolled candles), renowned for their steady burning and even flame. Made of rice bran wax, a hard yellow wax extracted from the otherwise wasted husk and germ of rice. The wicks are made of washi paper, rolled around a rush skewer, and the body is built up b..
£44.50
Ex Tax:£37.08
Brand: Small items
A 15cm solid brass ruler from Standardgraph, Germany. Left raw, that is without any chrome or nickel plating, without powder coating or lacquers of any kind, the brass will quickly lose its lustre, developing a patina of finger prints, stains, and oxidation - an index of handling and use that evolve..
£18.50
Ex Tax:£15.42
A traditional 'Red Ware' creamer jug, slip cast in red terracotta clay and glazed in the traditional Rockingham glaze in Stoke-on-Trent. The deep brown of the Rockingham glaze is the source of the 'Brown Betty' moniker awarded to the traditional teapots made in this area since the end of the 17th ce..
£17.00
Ex Tax:£14.17
Brand: GeoChang Yugi
A sandcast bronze frying pan from the Geochang Yugi workshop in Dooma-ri, Geochang-gun, South Korea. Founded in 1924 Geochang Yugi is now in its fourth generation of dedicated craft production. Each piece is cast by hand from a specialist alloy of 78% copper and 22% tin, heated once to 1500c for mix..
£125.00
Ex Tax:£104.17
Brand: Small items
A white and indigo enamel saucepan with a slight spout, about 14cm diameter and 0.7l capacity. Made in Olkusz, Poland, at a factory founded in 1907 by the Viennese industrialist Peter Westen and flourishing to this day, despite the vagaries of nationalisation, privatisation, two world wars, and a br..
£14.00
Ex Tax:£11.67
Brand: Small items
A red and cream enamel saucepan with a slight spout, about 14cm diameter and 0.7l capacity. Made in Olkusz, Poland, at a factory founded in 1907 by the Viennese industrialist Peter Westen and flourishing to this day, despite the vagaries of nationalisation, privatisation, two world wars, and a brief..
£12.00
Ex Tax:£10.00
Brand: Small items
A 6" pure brass ruler from Standardgraph, Germany. Left raw, that is without any chrome or nickel plating, without powder coating or lacquers of any kind, the brass will quickly lose its lustre, developing a patina of finger prints, stains, and oxidation - an index of handling and use that evolves a..
£18.50
Ex Tax:£15.42
Brand: Small items
Hand poured sand-cast, and foot-pads aside (or in the case of the smaller springs also), entirely brass tape dispenser from a foundry founded in 1897 in the central Japanese city of Takaoka in Toyama Prefecture. With minimal chasing the castings are largely left ihada, which means with a raw cast su..
£190.00
Ex Tax:£158.33
Brand: Small items
A smaller hand-bound broom of broom-corn, a kind of sorghum traditionally planted on 5th June and harvested on the 20th August, or after about 75 days growth giving the optimum length between ligule (the point at which the stem splits) and tip for the production of properly measured corn brushes. Ha..
£35.00
Ex Tax:£29.17
Brand: Small items
A neat wire-bound flip-top notepad from Midori of Japan, with a cover made using recycled leather made in Valencia, Spain, and an elasticated band to keep the notepad closed between uses. The front section is lined paper and the rear section is plain. Midori’s MD Paper is highly regarded the world o..
£9.50
Ex Tax:£7.92
A desk-top or wall mounted tape dispenser with a body made of a single piece of folded and enamelled sheet steel, with hardened cutting blades, and one piece chromed machined rollers. Takes tape up to 20mm wide and about 5cm diameter. Made in Taiwan. Tape not supplied. Measures 9.5cm x 3cm x 4cm..
£25.00
Ex Tax:£20.83
Brand: Small items
A small but effective cleaning brush, designed for getting into mucky corners and getting them clean. Stiff shuro (Trachycarpus fortune or windmill palm) bark fibre, wound tightly with stainless steel. Made in Japan, where these kind of brushes have been part of everyday life since ancient times, th..
£17.50
Ex Tax:£14.58
Brand: Small items
Extremely lightweight but eminently useable dustpans from Japan, made up of folded, glued, stapled, and riveted layers of Japanese paper stiffened with a bamboo reinforced rim and sealed and hardened with persimmon tannin. This natural varnish provides some water resistance as well as granting the d..
£24.00
Ex Tax:£20.00
Brand: Oversize items
Stripped rattan carpet-beaters hand formed and bound by the visually impaired craftspeople of a Vantaa based Finnish cooperative. In two sizes, the larger (Carpet beater no.2) is triple braided for stiffness and good for heavier rugs, moveable carpets, and thicker tapestry blankets, whilst the small..
£22.00
Ex Tax:£18.33
Brand: Small items
A lighter weight trowel hand forged by a father and son team in Sanjō in Niigata Prefecture in central Japan, and area long known for iron work, tool, and blade production. With an ash handle and surface that bear witness to its formative blows this is an ideal light planting and potting trowel, but..
£59.00
Ex Tax:£49.17
Brand: Abbey Horn
A pair of natural bone collar stiffeners, or collar bones if you prefer. Measuring approximately 55mm by 7mm. Superior and less prone to bending than the plastic stays commonly supplied with shirts these days. Hand cut and finished from sterilised cow shin bone in the Abbeyhorn workshops in Carnfort..
£9.50
Ex Tax:£7.92
Brand: Burgon & Ball
Professional soft squeeze garden and topiary shears, ideal for detailed work or light pruning.Established in 1730, Burgon & Ball moved into its current home, La Plata Works, in 1873, famed originally for its sheep shears, of which it is the countrys sole surviving manufacturer, by 1920 sales of its ..
£26.00
Ex Tax:£21.67
Brand: Small items
A two metre printed steel tape metrical scale marked in centimetres and millimetres. Sprung to retract, but not locking. Housed in a solid stainless steel case this is pleasantly heavy in the hand. Ideal for keeping in pockets, handbags, and pencil cases as a handy measure for the occasional piece o..
£15.00
Ex Tax:£12.50
Brand: Small items
Hand poured sand-cast brass stationery trays in a choice of three sizes from a foundry founded in 1897 in the central Japanese city of Takaoka in Toyama Prefecture. With minimal chasing the castings are largely left ihada, which means with a raw cast surface maintaining any texture or discolouration..
£45.00
Ex Tax:£37.50
Brand: Small items
Hand poured sand-cast brass tin lined weighted tool holders or desk tidies from a foundry founded in 1897 in the city of Takaoka, Toyama Prefecture. With minimal chasing the castings are left largely ihada, that is with a raw cast surface maintaining any texture or discolouration drawn from the sand..
£200.00
Ex Tax:£166.67
Brand: Hightide
A small desk tray (15cm by 11cm) ideal for sharpeners, erasers, or compact travel or pocket pens and pencils of deep green and white marbled desk trays of thermosetting melamine resin, made in Thailand for Hightide of Japan. Great for keeping workspaces, desks, and table tops tidy and organised. One..
£14.00
Ex Tax:£11.67
Brand: Small items
Kaweco Sport pocket fountain pen milled from solid aluminium or brass blanks, laser engraved, and hand finished. Kaweco, founded as Heidelberger Federhalterfabrik in 1883, began producing pocket fountain pens in 1912. This design dates from 1935, is small enough to fit comfortably in a pocket or pur..
£83.00
Ex Tax:£69.17