Welcome to Hoole Engraving Works!

Hoole Engraving Works is one of America's oldest companies, and we are the world's oldest continually operating brass finishing tool makers, under it's original name. This year - 2012, marks 180 Years of Excellence for Hoole Engraving Works!

Since 1832, Hoole has maintained a legacy of offering beautiful solid brass and bronze embossing designs for bookbinders, furniture makers, and leather workers of all types. We proudly offer a suite of over 3,000 unique designs! Our tools are manufactured from high quality solid brass, and the architectural elements of the tools (the brass shanks, wooden handles, yokes, etc.) follow the fine, historic styles envisioned by our Founder, John R. Hoole in Manhattan, New York in 1832.

        

Hoole finishing tools offer many advantages over other tools of this type. Hoole brass design rolls are mounted on a single/right or left sided yoke (instead of a "forked" yoke) and thus provides excellent sighting for the person tooling the design. The rolls are crafted from solid brass stock, and are available in up to 3 1/2" in diameter! Hoole design handle tool stamps are crafted from solid, thick brass to hold heat, yet very easy to "sight" by the person tooling. The same is true for Hoole design "pallets", gouges, etc. All of our wooden handles are crafted from beautiful, solid American soft maple wood. Though other woods are available.

Simply put, we believe Hoole design tools are among the highest quality available in the world today!

        

Hoole also offers 'custom' engraving, made from your camera-ready artwork. Or, for an additional fee, we can do all of the design work for you. We also offer every design in "strips" for placement in stamping machines, or "type-high for printing. Just email us your design (and tell us your specific needs) for a quick quote!

We know you will enjoy using Hoole engraved design tools, and we look forward to working with you!

With the same vision as John R. Hoole had for beautiful tools, we are here to serve you!

 


Michael L. Chrisman
CEO & President
Hoole Engraving Works, Inc.
Long Island, New York

(A Bookbinders Workshop Company)