rughook rugtool Irish Hook (Hartman Hook) Pencil handle rughooking hookie

Description

Direct from the maker!
"The Irish Hook", also known in the USA as "The Hartman Hook"
,
is a range of tools for the discerning rughooker, individually handcrafted (the hook as well as the handle) with brass hooks and ferrules, and using locally-sourced Yew wood for the handles. We are a father and son outfit based in a pleasant corner of rural Ireland, and have been making these rugtools for nearly thirty years.
Yew is a very pretty wood, predominantly an orange or salmon pink colour, with white sapwood, occasional streaks of dark brown and purple, and a varied grain which means no two handles are alike. The wood eventually darkens to a chocolate-brown colour with age. Each handle is hand-turned to perfection, and yew comes to a smoother finish than any other wood, making these a joy to hold.
The brass hooks are carefully rounded and smoothed to glide easily through the backing and pull loops without catching or tearing.
Pencil handles are best suited for fine work, and these are available in 3, 4, 5, 6 and 8mm; for finer work the tool size roughly corresponds with the "cut size" used in the USA, so a 5mm tool for a #5 cut.
The pics show hooks of different sizes...from the left, 5mm, 4mm, 3mm, and 6mm. The 6mm and 8mm ones need to have a different ferrule (ring) and the handles are slightly fatter. The size refers to the diameter of the brass shaft at its thickest. You can select which you want from the pulldown.
For coarser hookies, please see my other listings for other shapes of handle, and "bent" hookies.
The listing price includes free shipping worldwide by standard airmail post.
This will usually take around a week to destinations in the USA, currently three weeks for Canada.
Customers in the USA: some, but not yet all, states charge your local sales tax on all Etsy and eBay purchases from abroad, for a hookie this is usually 2 to 3 dollars added when you order. Nothing to do with us!
UK customers: since Jan 2021, 20% VAT (.80) has been automatically added on to the price I charge for a hookie; I have never been VAT-registered or obliged to charge it. If you voted for Brexit you should just suck it up; otherwise please contact me directly and I'll arrange for you to get your hookie without this ridiculous extra charge. eBay restricts contact details, but you'll find them on my website, irishhook at the most common and original domain.