Tools and Trades History Society
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About TATHS
The Tools and Trades History Society is an educational charity, whose aim is to further the knowledge and understanding of hand tools and the trades in which they were used.
Recent Articles
- Tool Sunday, 23rd February at Kelham Island
- TATHS ANNUAL CONFERENCE & AGM 2020 Friday 24th – Sunday 26th April 2020
- TATHS ANNUAL CONFERENCE & AGM 2020 Friday 24th – Sunday 26th April 2020
- A 1795 cooper's croze in Australia
- Metal Wood Screws Their Evolution & History
- The Plough Plane
- It's almost here! British Planemakers 4th Edition is being published
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23 Feb 2020 - Kelham Island Museum, Alma Street, Sheffield S3 8RY
Tools used in sail-making; the cutlery of Sheffield; and Sheffield Plate
The first in what is hoped might become a regular gathering, to hear about all matters tool-related. You’ll be treated to
Details of the 2020 TATHS Annual Conference are now available here.
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Worth a further look at the December edition of Benchmark, the journal of the Hand Tool Preservation Society Of Western Australia. This reports finding a European Cooper's Croze, dated to 1795 by the decorations. Wow!
Then there are the gold plated Locking Pliers celebrating 70 years of the Peterson Manufacuring Company............
This is an extremely comprehensive and well researched book and we think it would be well worth putting onto the website to advertise to TATHS members.
The book charts the development of iron screws as fixing devices from the earliest times to the end of the 19th century.
4th edition of British Planemakers
The long awaited 4th edition of British Planemakers is due for release on 1 February 2020.