Refurbished tools for gardeners, green wood-workers and other specialist tools

These are not currently available online

TFSR Cymru sells a large number of tools that are not requested by our overseas partners.  These are fully refurbished, sharpened and fitted with new handles where necessary.  All these tools are individual in character and of better quality than modern tools.

This is our main source of income and we sell them direct from our workshop, or at events such as the Small-holders Show in Builth Wells and the Green Man festival.  See News Page for the next events we will be attending.

Why you should buy our old tools

And steer away from cheap Stainless steel!

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We specialise in tools for green wood-workers, and we have an excellent range of refurbished billhooks by all the well-known makers from the past.

All profits from selling these tools go towards our Mwanza workshop which provides tools and training to artisan groups within Lake Zone.  The blacksmiths groups are taught new skills on the forge, better hardening and finishing techniques, and helped with marketing their products.  Carpentry groups are also given training in maintaining their tools and developing new products.  This is a joint project between the Small Industries Development Organisation, and TFSR Cymru.

Preventing Waste. Recycling tools is one of our answers to the waste economy. We live in an energy-guzzling, consumer society, too ready to throw things away. In Africa, by contrast people waste very little.

But what about the skills and energy of ordinary people?
In an African village, development is held back for the want of a few tools – this is a waste of human potential