LIE-NIELSEN TOOLWORKS began in 1981 as an effort to make top-quality hand tools available again from a U.S. maker and to revive discontinued, but useful, designs so the average woodworker could obtain them. Our Mission is to design and create beautiful, heirloom quality, hand tools that inspire woodworkers and other artisans. We source our metal castings from New England foundries, our wood from Maine sawyers, and use a combination of modern CNC technology, milling machines, and good old-fashioned hand work to make our tools in our mid-coast Maine shop.