Woodworking Supplies
This listing is not an endorsement. It just means that the outfit is legitimate to the best of my knowledge.
Lumber
Woodfinder.com - A searchable directory of over 350 lumber dealers.
Badger Hardwoods - Mail order lumber dealer from Wisconsin.
Maple Leaf Hardwoods - Specialists in figured hardwoods.
Northland Forest Products - One of the places I use. They don't ship so you're out of luck unless you live in Virginia or New Hampshire.
Wood-Ply Lumber - Mail order lumber dealer from New York.
Hardware
Architectural Ironmongery - A British firm specializing in restoration hardware. Some very nice looking iron hinges.
Ball & Ball - Maker of 18thand 19thCentury reproduction hardware.
Colonial Works - Distributor of a variety of reproduction hardware.
Dimestore Cowboys - Carries a line of southwestern style hardware, some of which will work for 15th and 16th century pieces.
Fagan's Forge - Maker of hand-forged ironwork.
Gebrüder Krawarik - In German. Austrian furniture restorers and hardware merchants. Most of the hardware listed under "Beschläge für Bauernmöbel" will work for 15th and 16th Century pieces.
Glasgow Steel Nail -
Makers of various styles of wrought iron nails. Includes a link to
a blacksmith who makes handforged nails.
Hermosa Hardware - Specializes in Mexican Colonial reproduction hardware, but a lot of their pieces work for 15thCentury and later Europe.
Horton Brasses - A small outfit in New England with excellent customer service.
Medieval
Masters - Distributors of a variety of medieval style hardware.
Paxton Hardware - Another maker of reproduction hardware.
Tremont Nail Company - Makers of reproduction nails including ones with fake hand-forged heads.
Vandyke's Restorer's - Stocks a wide range of hardware and other items for restoring period furniture (or making your own).
Whitechapel Ltd.- Seller of a wide range of hardware. Write for their catalog.
Finishing Supplies
Amber Alchemy- They sell a line of varnishes made using recipes that are close to those used in the 16th and 17th Centuries.
Bioshield Paint Company - Another "green" paint company - this one's in the US
Kremer Pigmente- A German and New York based vendor that stocks a wide range of traditional artists pigments, varnishes, gessoes, and other materials.
Natural Building Company - This is a UK company producing a range of "Green" building materials including paint. Looks like it might be a good source for period materials.
The Old Fashioned Milk Paint Company- Purveyor of milk paint. They don't usually sell direct, but they have lists of local dealers.
The Original Milk Paint Co. - A South African operation whose packaging looks suspiciously like that of one of its competitors.
Sinopia - A West Coast vendor of artists supplies. They carry quite a number of traditional artists pigments and other supplies. They also have a useful section with recipes for making your own paints, varnishes, &c.
Tried & True Wood Finishes - Makers of a line of oil finishes based on 19th Century recipes. Besides being fairly close to Renaissance formulas, they are food-safe as well.
General Woodworking Supplies
Chesapeake Woodworkers Sales - Mail order woodworking supply store.
Constantines - A mail order supply house especially strong on finishing and veneering supplies.
EBay- The online auctions house. A good place to locate books and tools (but caveat emptor).
Garrett-Wade - Large woodworking catalog house.
Highland Hardware - A mail order woodworking supply store.
Internet Woodworking - A compendium of links to lumber, tool, and finishing suppliers as well as other links of interest to woodworkers.
Lee Valley - Mail order catalog of general woodworking supplies (and Leonard Lee's gizmos).
Rockler - Chain of woodworking supply stores. They do mail and web order.
Woodcraft - The other (along with Rockler) big woodworking chain.
Woodworking.com- A compendium of lists of suppliers, lumber companies, etc.
Woodworker's Supply - Another large woodworking catalog house.
Toolpost - A UK based purveyor of general woodworking supplies.
Contents © 2002 Gary R. Halstead