A Tale of Two Diamonds [William Marples & Sons] (2022)

Online lecture about Plane Making at William Marples & Sons originally given by Barry Chambers on 23 February 2022..
The Hawley Collection comprises a vast array of hand tools, catalogues and company records which were amassed by the late Ken Hawley over a period of more than 50 years.
Much of Barry Chambers' work as a volunteer has been concerned with cleaning, conserving and cataloguing more than 1,000 wooden wood-working planes, which were made between about 1740 and 1960. Some of these were made in Sheffield by William Marples & Sons, who also made or sold a wide range of other hand tools both in the UK and abroad.
In his talk, he explores the Marples company history, explains how their wooden planes were hand-made and tries to identify some of its former craftsmen and uncover their social history.
To find out more about the Hawley Collection and to donate, visit our website: www.hawleytoolcollection.com/
See also our sister website at hawleysheffieldknives.com/

[@iserloh276]

Extremely interesting as always!!!

[@jimmurphy4083]

Excellent Work, keep up the good work. Thank you.

[@junolee4515]

Hi. Just listened into this you’ve. My husband, Dempster Marples, is the descent of Marples family. So interesting to learn this story. Juno

[@junolee4515]

We kept some marples tools in our house

[@MrZOMBIE170]

13:07 Irwin tools don't make anything in the UK