What Do We Collect - Light Industries
The Tool Industry Collection
The toolmaking industry in Sheffield was and is a manufacturing industry of national and international
importance. Sheffield specialised in producing high quality tools for all trades and at one time dominated
the world market.
The toolmaking industry collection is a comprehensive representation of Sheffield’s toolmaking industries
and includes finished items which are tools in their own right and the tools and equipment required to
manufacture them. The collection is estimated at 2000 items. Notable aspects include material from the
saw and file industries. The saw manufacturing industry material includes saws, blades, setters, handles
and saw manufacturers tools and equipment. The file industry material includes exhibition files, file cutters
tools and equipment, file and rasps in various stages of manufacture and exhibition cases. The Trust also
holds a large collection of woodworking tools and equipment as well as a collection of edged tools such as
shears, spades and so on.
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