Lie-Nielsen

Lie-Nielsen Toolworks is a premium hand tool manufacturer based in the United States, renowned for producing high-quality woodworking tools inspired by traditional designs but made to modern standards of precision, durability, and aesthetics.

Thomas Lie-Nielsen founded the company in 1981 to revive and improve on the Stanley-Bailey-style bench planes, which were no longer being made to high quality by mainstream manufacturers.

The company has been instrumental in the hand tool renaissance—reviving interest in traditional woodworking methods.