Main The elf pack by Rivendell Mountain Works (RMW) is a small satchel designed to fit on a 2” wide belt, or get tossed into a pack or tote. The Elf pouch is made out of the off cuts from RMW’s regular backpack production, therefore in a fit of ...more info

Main We have always been a company that believes in selling products we actually use, and so it’s fitting that the death of Joel’s old knapsack, is concurrent with our launch of Rivendell Mountain Works’ daypacks. Joel’s old knapsack ...more info

Main Growing up in Colorado, it’s difficult not to become an outdoor gear fanatic. I (Ben) was raised in hiking boots, and climbing harnesses, and saved my allowance to buy a neon yellow chalk bag. As I’ve grown older, my taste has become less ...more info

Main When your day job is making lifetime-quality backpacks, your standards for sewn goods get set quite high. That seems to be what happened when Rivendell Mountain Works designed the the bagn'sack tote. These totes use the same materials and construction ...more info

Easy Bits by Fisch are a contemporary version of the traditional gimlet, perfect for drilling small diameter holes is stock up to 1" thick. Easy Bits work like auger bits and use a lead screw to pull themselves through the work. They are some of the... ...more info

The Universal Wedgegrip cabinet clamps are some of the most useful, under-appreciated clamps we have come across in ages. After an initial head scratch or two, we figured the best approach was to put them to use, and that’s when everything clicked. ...more info

I consider a good grinder to be one of the most important tools in the shop. In 2008 I was asked to write an article about hollow grinding for Fine Woodworking and so I took the plunge, and treated myself to the best grinder I knew: A Baldor, and man-o-man, ...more info

Geier's Deerskin work gloves, for all that we use them in the workshop, are exactly what we look for in a walk-around glove. Sewn from durable but silky soft tannery run deerskin, and nicely detailed with a metal slide-buckle, these gloves work hard, and look ...more info

Work gloves not only have to protect your hands, they also have to be comfortable enough that you'll actually wear them. The Elkskin Slip-on Work Gloves by Geier are just about the best outdoor work gloves around because of their balance between protection ...more info

The Goatskin Snap-back work gloves by Geier are the go-to gloves in the Gramercy shop. We use 'em for everything, but especially for abrasive tasks like buffing and grinding metal. The guys in the shop are stoked at how much more comfortable they are working ...more info

Light a stick of Paines All Natural Incense near anyone who considers themselves to be a saw-dust connoisseur, and they’re sure to crack a smile. Why? Let me start at the beginning...Paine’s is based in Auburn Maine, where they have been ...more info

Festool is a system. No tool demonstrates this more clearly than the Festool circular saw. You can use the saw by itself; you can use it with a guide rail; you can use it on the multi-function table; and of course it plugs into the vacuum system for dust free ...more info

One huge - and I mean HUGE - timesaver that Festool offers is the ability to hook a bunch of Systainer tool boxes - complete with tools, drawers, accessories and oddments - together, bolt the entire stack onto a vacuum, roll the entire collection into a ...more info

The Festool Sys-Roll is a souped up cart with big wheels, a handle, and a little storage. The two big rear wheels are extra large to help you negotiate stairs. That's very important. The handle makes it easy to tip back and control and maneuver which is ...more info

A fair number of Festool users use an empty systainer to carry the random stuff you need on a jobsite. But a lot of tools don't fit, or stick out and then you can close or carry the systainer. This toolbox is a specially designed systainer that only has a ...more info

We started carrying Choward's, a locally made candy that is very popular in New York, in our showroom mostly for our own consumption. But when showroom customers started to routinely add a pack to their orders, we figured it was a good idea to add it to the ...more info

A Craftsman's Guide To Understanding Woodby Christian BecksvoortWood, as any woodworker will tell you fights back. Over time, it moves, it warps, and it does a lot of other things that present "challenges" to woodworkers. Wood also isn't consistent, depending ...more info

The Festool Planex is designed to take the previously physically hard and messy task of sanding drywall and make it a clean, fast operation. Unlike other competing units the sander is powered by a small motor right up at the disk head. This gives you far ...more info

Gramercy Tools takes pride in having been (and continuing to be!!) a New York business for nearly 15 years. Every day we are awed by the creativity and quality of the woodworking projects in and around the Big Apple. From the Metropolitan Museum of Art to the ...more info

Our custom made heavyweight 15 oz. canvas totes are sewn and printed in New Hampshire, USA. The straps are long enough for shoulder carry, and the generous dimensions (18” wide, by 14 1/2" tall, with a 3” gusset across the bottom) hold about as ...more info

We constantly get requests for a smaller vise that works well. That might not seem like too tall an order, but by well we mean that the rods are heavy enough so that it's not going to bend when you tighten it. We mean that the machining is precise and the ...more info

We have been using a made in USA Milwaukee vise in our showroom for years. It’s built like a tank, and the simple quick release mechanism has held up like a champ even with the abuse it gets in a constant demo situation. The castings are well machined, ...more info

Folks have been asking us for T-shirts about as long as any of us can remember. Since we had so much fun with Modern Edge Tools, it seemed silly not to choose a M.E.T. illustration for our first shirt. The result is our Sweep Chart Carver’s shirt, ...more info

Brad point bits cut clean holes in wood and have a center point so you can accurately start the drill where it is supposed to go. The center point is long and precisely ground for angled drilling. These are top quality drill bits that are made in the USA by ...more info

Whether you are using Festool or installing European hardware there is more and more of a call for metric sized drill bits. These very high quality, made in USA, metric sized high speed steel brad point bits are designed for clean cutting in solid wood and ...more info

One of the simplest, standard ways of putting together a cabinet is with screws. With one operation these tapered drill bits drill a hole for the screw, a wider hole for clearance in the top board (the bits are tapered) and then they add the countersink and ...more info

by Maurice PommierThis beautifully illustrated children's book tells the story of an unbroken line of craftsmen from a French family, and traces the history of their lives and their work through their tools and the stories of them being handed from one worker ...more info

Until they were discontinued we stocked Nicholson auger bit files. Then when we looked around all we could find were Chinese and Indian replacements that were inexpensive but not that good, and more importantly, not our style. After a long search we found ...more info

A small dedicated corner of your shop just for sharpening makes it far easier to keep tools ready for action. This sharpening station is 18" wide x 24" deep with a 1 1/2" riser at the back. The top is heavy gauge T-430 Stainless steel, with 1 5/8" ...more info

by Matthew Sheldon BickfordOne of the primary means of adding interest to a piece of furniture is with mouldings. A moulding can be simple or complex and before the days of power machinery the best way of making a moulding was with a molding plane. For a ...more info

The major difference between a regular drill and an impact drill is that in an impact drill the drill shaft is isolated from the motor and basically what the motor does is bang at the shaft with lots of short blows. Sort of the same effect as using a hammer ...more info

Almost no woodworking operation is harder on your back and bad for mobility than having to crouch down to do something. With the MFH 1000 multifunction rolling stool, you can work with ease. Underneath the comfortable padded seat is carefully thought out ...more info

The Festool CMS router table is in a class by itself. Imagine a router table built with the precision and care of an industrial European panel saw. It starts with a rock solid table of aluminum and steel - either stand-alone or as an add-on to an MTF/3 table. ...more info

We are pleased to offer a basic kit of seven carving tools made by Forge de Saint Juery (Auriou) to the specific specifications for a beginner set by Chris Pye. The set consists of:# 3 x 8mm (5/16in.) # 3 x 14mm (1/2in.) # 6 x 8mm (5/16in.) # 6 x 14mm ...more info

by Ivin Sickels, M.S., M.D.First printed in 1889, this book was written to educate college students in the craft and business of woodworking. Here, the original text is reprinted in its entirety, not only to help you discover late 19th-century practices in ...more info

We have wanted to make a great cabinetmaker's hammer for a long time. Traditionally, hammers are named for the region where they first evolved. Our hammers are a new design, but owe a debt to the past. In keeping with tradition we are calling our first hammer ...more info

by Christopher SchwarzChris Schwarz, the former editor of Popular Woodworking has spent a good part of the past decade going back into the history of woodworking trying to learn the secrets of hand tool efficiently and simplicity. This DVD focuses on ...more info

by Jennie Alexander & Peter FollansbeeWhen it comes to exploring the shadowy history of how 17th-century furniture was built, few people have been as dogged and persistent as Jennie Alexander and Peter Follansbee. For more than two decades, this unlikely ...more info

Traditional Woodworking Tools You Can Make in Your Own Shopby John WilsonMaking your own tools can give you a lot of satisfaction and also save you some money. In this wonderfully illustrated book on making tools we get a practical look at making the almost ...more info

by Ron HermanWhat an absolute treat to see a DVD by Ron Herman! Ron is one of the few professional house wrights left who not only did a proper apprenticeship he also only uses hand saws in his professional work. What you instantly learn from Ron is that not ...more info

by TATHSThe Seaton chest, owned by the Guildhall Museum, is the finest and most complete surviving example of an 18th century cabinet-maker's kit. The tools, which are generally in little-used condition, were bought in 1796 by Joseph Seaton, cabinet-maker, of ...more info

The classic Memoir of the Life of a Victorian Craftsmanby Walter RoseThis book has long been one of our favorites. Walter Rose was a master carpenter and the son and grandson of master carpenters. He writes of village carpentry as it was practiced in ...more info

A great screwdriver is a wonderful thing to use and these screwdrivers are made in the USA by Grace Mfg. and are the best we have ever seen. When you turn them in a screw head they will fit properly and not cam out and damage your screw or your work. The ...more info

Queen Cuttery’s Whittler is a classic three-bladed pattern for American style whittling, and a treat of construction. The handle shape has what’s known among knife connoisseurs as a "swelled center" - it has a silhouette not unlike that of a Coke ...more info