Even I take a break sometimes from talking about old tools and perusing woodworking manuals, and if, like me, you enjoy watching Drew Pritchard’s ‘Salvage Hunters’ on the Quest channel, you might like this piece he’s just listed.

It’s a lovely carving and joiner’s work cabinet, by our old friend Richard Melhuish, formerly of Fetter Lane, EC4, London.

Item listing reads:

RICHARD MELHUISH LTD., TOOLS AND MACHINE MERCHANTS, FETTER LANE, HOLBORNE CIRCUS, LONDON, E.C.4. A super catalog, or catalogue if you prefer, of one the great tool houses of Great Britain. Richard Melhuish, Sons and Co 1906 Incorporated as a private limited company. 1914 Labour-saving tools etc.

An exceptionally original carving and joiners’ work cabinet.
An early compact multi-functional carpenter’s cabinet with two side cabinets, brass bat wing handles to six drawers, lid to reveal working bench and removable vice.
British made with makers mark and patent “RD Melhuish & Sons Fetter Lane London EC” “Patent No 735”
CIRCA 1910-20.

Richard Melhuish Tools Catalog

Price is listed as £1,895, and god, do I wish I had some space in my small house.

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Richard Melhuish Tools Reviews

(Addition: Toolerama Press have catalogue pics, showing how it would have looked with new, shiny tools.)