Brickie Left Marshalltown for W. Rose - Why?

Find out why this brick layer discarded his Marshalltown trowel and fell in love with his new W. Rose. We have reviewed trowels before and Marshalltown faired quite well, but it seems there's no contest here and it's rare to see a brickie so gushing over a new trowel. It looks like there's no turning back for him, this new W Rose is the best masonry trowel he's used. This W. Rose trowel was bought on Amazon for £85. Dave prefers the Narrow London blade pattern rather than the Wide London or Philadelphia pattern. ====================== A Brief History of W. Rose For over 200 years W. Rose has been known for the highest quality of masonry tools. William Rose established the company as a blacksmith shop in 1798 in Blockley Township, Pennsylvania near Philadelphia, just 10 years after the ratification of the Constitution of the United States. The blacksmith shop spent much of the early 1800s making cavalry sabres and officer swords for the U.S. Army during the War of 1812 and the U.S. Civil War. In 1864, W. Rose began specializing in quality edged tools, knives and trowels. The company issued their first catalogue this year featuring tools for bricklayers, tile setters, plasterers and stone masons. W. Rose was purchased in 1884 by O.B. Goodwin. He moved the firm to Elmwood Avenue in Sharon Hill, Pennsylvania, where W. Rose trowels continue to be made today. The company was in the Goodwin family for three generations before being sold to longtime employee Edward ’Bucky‘ King and his sons in 1989. In 2001, Kraft Tool Co. acquired this legendary company and remains dedicated to maintaining the superior craftsmanship of its tools. #Bricklayers #Builders #Construction =================================================== Don't forget to stay up to date with Skill Builder! Get in touch and send us your pictures and videos - http://skill-builder.uk/send Join our mailing list - http://skill-builder.uk/join See our Tweets -   / skillbuilderuk   See our Facebook Page -   / skillbuilderchannel