What's New:
07/20/03 -- Added, C.S. Osborne, No. 5 saddlers hammer and No. 208 channeler. Added "Diamond Edge" tickler. Added Eureka Channeler Patent Number 137404 to references page. Created "Hammer" subpage. Updated tickler, channeler, references and toolmaker pages.
07/09/03 -- Added, C.S. Osborne, late 1880's reprint catalogue to references page. Updated all tool subpages with CSO tool identifications and reference information.
06/30/03 -- Added, two HFO draw gauges and a 6 inch splitter. A blanchard metric plough gauge. A blanchard pricking carrage and wheels. A CSO adjustable spoke shave. A CSO double ended 4 size crease, and No 2 bevel crease. An HFO No 2 single crease. And a Star nail cup.
08/25/02 -- Added, a W.B.B. & Son button hole cutter. An early Myers and unkown lock stitch awl. A Lowentraut punch plier. A pair of Wynn Lasting Pincers. A HFO No 12 overstitch wheel. A Gomph bevel tickler. A Lightning boot stretch pliers. A second CSO round knife. A Field & Kellogg edge iron creaser. A unkown bone creaser. A CSO double ended creaser. An x-acto modeling tool set in a plastic case.
07/07/02 -- Added, a F.C. Leypoldt No. 1 button hole cutter and a T. Dixon & Sons plough gauge.
06/08/02 -- Added, "Stitching Awls" page to "Tools" section. Added an HFO No. 566 draw gauge. Updated the "Toolmaker" and "Reference" pages.
05/12/02 -- Added, C.S. Osborne stitching groove race compass, a D.S. English draw gauge and a W. Rose West Phila round knife.
04/28/02 -- Added, C.S. Osborne rein trimmer.
04/20/02 -- Added an H.F. Osborne 1891 catalogue to my list of references. Updated all subpages with H.F. Osborne tool identifications and reference information. Added, H.F. Osborne "Eureka" Channeler and an H.F. Osborne OPT rein trimmer. Added a second Pruyne patent channeler. Split the "Tickler Crease" sub page into a seperate page for "Beveled Crease / Tickler". Added a CSO #0 Beveled Crease / Tickler. Added an Gomph #3 Round Edge Crease and a #2 Crease. Added a page for "Saddlers Compass / Dividers". Divided the "Splitter" page into two to load quicker, and added CSO #85 and E. Nolmes splitters. Finished "Punch Pliers -- Rotary" page, added Wm Johnson Inc and H. Sauerbier's Sons punches.
03/30/02 -- Added H.G. Gomph catalogue reprint to my list of references. Updated all tool subpages with Gomph tool identifications and reference information. Added, Wm. Dodd & Co. head knife and older CSO brass and rosewood number 51 draw gauge. Added "Seam Turner" to Cobbler's tools. Split draw gauge page into two pages to reduce the time it takes for the pages to load.
03/03/02 -- A long overdue update, added many new tools. Added an unknown maker and CSO Number 84 splitter. Added an unknown maker, H.Huber, HOS(?), J. English and CSO 51-1/2 draw gauges. Added a "Strap Holder" page. Added an H.D. Walcott button-hole tool. The "Tools:" page now lists what pages are {New} or {Updated}. Added some "Punch Plier" pages. Added new Reference, Patent and Toolmaker information.
09/21/01 -- Added C.S. Osborne & Co. Latta's patent draw gauge to the "Draw Gauges" sub-page. Added an unknown and an H.F Osborne number 3 tickler to "Tickler Crease" sub-page.
09/16/01 -- Added H. Sauerbier draw gauge to the "Draw Gauges" sub-page. Updated "Toolmakers" page.
09/01/01 -- Broke up origional "Crease Tools" page into four crease tool sub-pages, "Tickler Crease", "Single Line Edge Crease", "Double Line Edge Crease" and "Wooden Edge Crease". Added a varity of crease tools to these pages. Added "Saddlers Spoke Shave" sub-page. Added H.F. Osborne and C.S. Osborne tools to the "Stitch Channeling Tools" page. Added H.F. Osborne French edger to French - Chamfering" page. Added "Pinking Machine" and "Plough Gauge" pages.
08/19/01 -- Added four edge tool sub-pages, "Bissonnette", "English - Rounding", "French - Chamfering" and "Rein Trimming". Added "Stitch Marking/Overstitch Wheels" sub-page.
08/17/01 -- Added "Crease Tools" page. Updated "Round/Head Knife" and "Button-Hole Punches" pages with new tool pictures and information.
05/28/01 -- Added sub-page "Bookbinder Finishing Tools" to the tools section. Updated "References" page. Updated "Toolmakers" page to add makers identified by collector Ron Ross and some others I have found.
05/20/01 -- Added sub-page "Leathercraft Tools" to the tools section. Updated "References" page. Added "My Mission" page to the main menu. Updated tool pages to list both toolmaker and inventor if tool is patented.
05/14/01 -- Added sub-page "Button-Hole Punches" to the tools section.
05/06/01 -- Added sub-pages "Draw Gauges" and "Lace Cutters" to the tools section.
03/24/01 -- Added header gif file and updated "Toolmakers" page. Added sub-pages "Embossing Wheels", "Cobbler/Shoemaker Tools" and "Leather Drive Belt Tools" to the tools section.
03/20/01 -- Updated "References" and "Toolmakers" pages. Added information to the "Stitch Channeling Tools" and "Stitching Horses" pages. Added sub-page "Thickness Splitters" to the tools section.
03/10/01 -- Updated complete site. Added hit counter. Added "Tools" page and 5 sub-pages,"Rein Rounding Draw Plates", "Round/Head Knifes", "Stitch Channeling Tools", "Stitch Groove/Scratch Compasses", and "Stitching Horses".
03/06/01 -- Site first published.
Page last updated on: July 20, 2003