Arno

Arno have been forging hand tools in Thiers, France since 1933 and it shows. Their chisels and scrapers are made for people who use tools hard and expect them to last.

The framing chisels are blade and handle in one: a single forging, robust enough for timber work, precise enough to hold a sharp edge through a full day's use. The cabinet scrapers are pre-dressed spring steel, available in a range of thicknesses from thin and whippy for detail finishing to stiffer blades for heavier surfacing and a gooseneck for internal curves. Properly prepared, they're quietly brilliant on tearout-prone timber. To get the best from those scrapers, the Carbur 2 burnisher is hard to beat.

Arno is worth considering because it has consistent quality across the range and gives good value without compromising on performance