Hi all, long-time lurker, first-time poster.
I want to get a set of high-quality screwdrivers with wooden handles. I intend to have these on the tool board above my bench, and I do mostly vintage bicycle work and tool restorations. I would like these to function really well, but also be pretty. Because pretty is good. And maybe these will become heirloom tools for my son or daughter one day, if I'm ever lucky enough to have them (a son or daughter, not a screwdriver
).
My research has led to wooden drivers from the following brands, in descending order of "niceness": Nepros, Vessel (wood-composite, but a wood look), Felo, and Witte. There are other brands I haven't heard of if you google "wooden screwdriver" but these four are the ones that came up most often in posts about good-quality drivers.
The problem I'm running into is that I haven't found a good source for wooden torx-head drivers, and if possible, I'd like to have a full matching set (Phillips, flat, torx, and bonus points if I can get a couple stubbies and a few hex heads, but those are "nice to haves" and not "need to haves").
So I have two questions:
1. Are there any brands missing in my list that make wooden-handled drivers that I should be paying attention to?
2. Are there any brands, either from the list above or elsewhere, who make wooden handle torx drivers? I did find some from vessel, and they would make a decent match with the 330-series wood/composite drivers, but the colors would not match and I would prefer silver or chromed steel for the shank, if possible. Plus, it's not real wood - it's a wood-look composite.
Thanks in advance.
I want to get a set of high-quality screwdrivers with wooden handles. I intend to have these on the tool board above my bench, and I do mostly vintage bicycle work and tool restorations. I would like these to function really well, but also be pretty. Because pretty is good. And maybe these will become heirloom tools for my son or daughter one day, if I'm ever lucky enough to have them (a son or daughter, not a screwdriver
).My research has led to wooden drivers from the following brands, in descending order of "niceness": Nepros, Vessel (wood-composite, but a wood look), Felo, and Witte. There are other brands I haven't heard of if you google "wooden screwdriver" but these four are the ones that came up most often in posts about good-quality drivers.
The problem I'm running into is that I haven't found a good source for wooden torx-head drivers, and if possible, I'd like to have a full matching set (Phillips, flat, torx, and bonus points if I can get a couple stubbies and a few hex heads, but those are "nice to haves" and not "need to haves").
So I have two questions:
1. Are there any brands missing in my list that make wooden-handled drivers that I should be paying attention to?
2. Are there any brands, either from the list above or elsewhere, who make wooden handle torx drivers? I did find some from vessel, and they would make a decent match with the 330-series wood/composite drivers, but the colors would not match and I would prefer silver or chromed steel for the shank, if possible. Plus, it's not real wood - it's a wood-look composite.
Thanks in advance.