COMPANY PROFILE

General

TOP QUALITY - GUARANTEED

As engineers, our emphasis is on designing and producing cutters that offer exceptional value, produced on the latest generation CNC machinery from top quality components. We supply our cutters in specially designed cases to protect the cutting edge during transit and in storage. We take our commitment to service seriously to ensure that our customers receive the best possible turn-around on their orders and we guarantee that at least 95% of everything in our range is in stock at any time. We offer a totally free technical advice Helpline and, of course, a no-quibble money back warranty on everything you buy. We believe that is why nine out of ten Wealden orders are despatched to people who earn their living working in wood. Wealden is the first choice of professional woodworkers.

UNBEATABLE VALUE FOR MONEY

Naturally, value-for-money has always been a vital consideration to professional woodworkers and serious amateurs alike. Because we deal direct with you, you save up to 50% of dealer or shop prices. So the best actually costs you less. A lot less. Just look at our prices: you’ll even find that our low prices include VAT and carriage for UK deliveries. There are no hidden extras. Try us out - you’ll be impressed. And remember that everything you order is guaranteed. If, for any reason, you aren’t satisfied, or have ordered the wrong tool by mistake, just send it back unused for a replacement or full refund.

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Customer accounts

We offer monthly accounts to our trade customers, subject to satisfactory references being obtained. Please contact us for an application form or download a form from our downloads page. Accounts may be paid by cheque or BACS transfer. Our bank details are available on request. Account customers can have their account details set up in our online store, so that they can place online orders charged to their account. Please telephone us to arrange this.

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Guarantee

All products are guaranteed against manufacturing defects, subject to fair and proper usage. If for any reason cutters ordered are not to your complete satisfaction, they may be returned unused for exchange or refund.

RETURNS: In the unlikely event that you experience a problem, please contact us to obtain a returns number, before returning any goods. PLEASE NOTE that we cannot accept special or modified cutters or sawblades for return or refund.

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Privacy Policy

We are seriously commited to the privacy and security of your personal information. All information provided on your order is handled in the strictest confidence. We do not sell any of your information, and the information provided (including ex-directory phone numbers) is only used in conjunction with your order.

What information do we collect and how do we use it?

When you order, we need to know your name, e-mail address, delivery address, the credit or debit card number, card's expiry date and the card's registered address. This allows us to process your order and to notify you of the status of your order. We also ask for your telephone number, so that we can contact you if there is a problem with your order. If there is a delivery problem, we sometimes give the number to our carriers so they can contact you to arrange delivery.We may also use the information we collect to send new catalogues and special offers. If you would rather not recieve our catalogue or offers, please call us so that we can mark your details accordingly.View our privacy policy in full

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What is Wealden?

Wealden Tool Company is named after the Weald, an area in Kent where our company was founded, and is still based. The Weald is an area covering parts of Kent, Sussex and a small part of Surrey, framed by the chalk of the North and South downs.

Geologically the formation of this area started about 135 million years ago as a large freshwater lake fed by rivers, which carried silt and rock fragments to lay down the sands and Wealden clays we see today. The sea broke through into this lake after about 20 million years and more deposits were laid down, forming the gault clay and greensand ridges. A climatic change occurred during the next 30 million years, becoming warmer and drier, and the large shallow sea allowed the formation of an extensive chalk deposit from the minute marine life.

A gradual folding and uplift of this area occurred some 70 million years ago, forming a dome of chalk that rose from the sea at its greatest height in the central Weald. Rivers, wind and geological action gradually eroded the highest central area leaving the sand ridges and flat expanses of clay exposed. This action left a large central Weald area ringed by the steep chalk slopes of the downs.

An extensive forest developed in the rich clays and silts and this proved practically impenetrable for early man, with most settlements being on the higher tops of the Downs. The Saxons and Kentish jutes called this immense wooded area the ‘Weald', a word similar to ‘Wald', the German word for forest.

Over the past 2000 years or so, a gradual clearance of land occurred in the Weald, notably when the better land on its fringes ran out around the tenth century. This process of land clearance, along with the use of the forest for feeding pigs, has created today a countryside of enchanting villages, splendid mansions, rich farms, orchards and hop gardens with conical oast-houses.

The oaks which built the British Navy grew here and charcoal burners also felled them to smelt the Sussex iron. Gunpowder mills were set up in lonely wooded valleys, giving rise to the many hammer ponds, surviving today, which drove the water-wheels of forges and powder mills. Some of the ancient forest magic still lingers in the Wealden forests of St Leonards and Ashdown, where herds of deer roam wild.

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