Acorn tools are world renowned and have been made by Henry Taylor since 1834, combining the traditional pride and skills of those far off days with the aids of modern technology. Only the best quality steel is used, coupled with advanced heat treatment, to ensure that the finest of cutting edges is not only achieved but also maintained.

Many of the lower quality tools produced elsewhere are made under drop stamps or presses but Henry Taylor believe that only the hand forging method used by the "Acorn" craftsmen can produce the correctly shaped blade, with the best metallurgical qualities.

Only Henry Taylor's unique combination of traditional skill, individualised production, Sheffield's best steel, overlaid with the necessary technology, can produce the wide variety of tools with precision of form and excellence of cutting edge demanded by skilled woodcarvers throughout the World.

Diamic brand woodturning tools have been produced in Sheffield by skilled craftsmen, from the finest steel for more than one hundred and fifty years. The manufacturer of these tools marries traditional hand crafting and forging skills with modern heat treatment and finishing techniques to give the quality of design, finish and edge retaining properties demanded by woodturners of today. Stringent control ensures that the best steel is selected. Each tool is carefully forged, correctly hardened and tempered, then hardness-tested to guarantee edge retention.

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We are pleased to add the Profile-Pro setup tools range to our website, these tools are double ended, making sharpening with your jig easier than ever - click to more info here. ..... Also a significant advance in the performance of turning tools with the introduction of our new Kryo range - click to more info here.

Many tools unique to Henry Taylor have been designed in co-operation with some of the worlds leading woodturners such as: Roy Child, Dale & Darrel Nish, Richard Raffan, Rude Osolnik, Kip Christensen, Bonnie Klein, Ray Key and Rudolph Dercks.