Premium mallet
Made from solid beech wood
A superior quality, pre-finished beech mallet. Ready sanded and oiled and a pleasure to use.
Primarily used with a chisel or staple remover to remove tacks or staples, a good quality mallet is a staple of an upholsterers tool box.
Also useful for other general tasks.
Premium pliers
Solid Steel blades and comfort fit handle.
These premium quality pliers can be used for removing broken or tricky to reach staples that the Berry staple remover can’t reach.
Made from extra hard steel and water polished for a durable finish.
The handles are soft feel with smooth grip sections.
Premium ripping chisel
London style, straight ripping chisel
The pear shaped polished wooden handle makes this superior chisel more comfortable to use in the hand.
Used for removing tacks in combination with a beech mallet.
A pleasure to use, this tool will last you a lifetime.
Berry staple remover
Osborne’s infamous Berry staple remover
A premium tool that can lift smaller staples than a regular staple remover. It also allows you to twist and remove most staples without pliers.
A tool box necessity that will see plenty of use with every project. Every upholsterer needs one of these!
Adding to your kit? Discover our additional tools below
Webbing Stretcher
Essential for adding webbing
Made from solid wood, a webbing stretcher is essential if you want to add webbing to any seat platform.
Used to pull webbing taught against a seat frame before fixing in place with tacks or staples.
Add this to the standard or premium kit.
Premium magnetic hammer
Ozborne bronze magnetic hammer
The gold standard of magnetic hammers.
A solid bronze head tipped with steel ends – one magnetic for picking up tacks, the other for hammering. Finished with a smooth wooden handle.
Treated well this will last you a lifetime.
Standard magnetic hammer
Draper split end magnetic hammer
A good quality first hammer.
A solid steel head with one end for hammering, and a split magnetic end for picking up tacks. Finished with a wooden handle.
This is a great hammer to start your upholstery with.
Regulator
10″ regulator – an essential for traditional upholstery.
A regulator is like a giant needle. It is thicker and stronger than a needle, with a sharp tip and a blunt, wide ‘handle’.
Regulators are used to disperse and even out upholstery stuffing such as coir and hair. The tip can pierce through hessian to tease out fibres beneath. They are also a general use ‘pointy’ tool which comes in handy in a multitude of situations!
Round tipped needle
A 10″ round tipped double ended needle.
There are two types of double ended needle – round tipped and bayonette tipped. It is useful to have both.
The round tipped is primarily used for deep buttoning as the round tip does not damage the fabric in the way the bayonette can. It would also be used in any situation where you need to stitch through the top fabric.
As the name suggests, these needles are sharp at both ends.
Bayonette tipped needle
A 12″ bayonette tipped double ended needle.
There are two types of double ended needle – round tipped and bayonette tipped. It is useful to have both.
The bayonette needle is used for stitching the inner layers of traditional upholstery stuffing. As well as a sharp tip, the end of the needle has a sharp knife edge, creating a ‘slicing’ effect. This allows it to pass more easily through tougher materials.
As the name suggests, these needles are sharp at both ends.
Curved needles
Coming in 3 sizes – 2″, 3″ and 5″, these curved needles are used for a variety of jobs.
The smaller sizes are used for stitching fabric and creating invisible joins. The larger are used earlier in the process for the stuffing layers.
Curved needles are indespensible for every upholsterer.
Board shears
These 8″ board shears are a pleasure to use.
Pleasantly weighty, these are fabric scissors with a difference. The hot forged polished blades glide through fabric, and the blunt end allows you to cut without the risk of snagging.
If you haven’t already got fabric scissors, make them these!
Chalk pen
A lovely little addition to your tool box.
This refillable chalk pen makes marking up your cut lines a breeze! With it’s pencil format, it gives much better accuracy and ease of use than traditional dressmakers chalk.
Premium Upholstery Starter Tool Kit
£159.50
Upholstery tools that are a pleasure to use.
This Premium Upholstery Tool Kit provides all you need to strip your furniture down, ready to re-upholster. You can then bring it to one of our classes to finish, or complete it at home.
Each kit contains:
- 115mm beech mallet
- Comfort handle flush pliers
- London style, pear shaped wood handle straight ripping chisel
- Berry staple remover
* Complimentary tape measure
If you plan to continue your project at home, you will need to add to your tool kit. See the ‘More information’ tab for advice on which tools you’ll need.
