Buying Advice for Quality Products

For chisels, Ashley Iles (UK) are very good, though not exactly a budget option. I like Narex (Czech Republic); reasonable prices and good chisels. The Thor 710R is a good hammer for these, and I think it’s made in the UK.

For hand planes, I’d personally look for older (pre-1960s) Stanley (UK or US) or Record (UK).

Hand saws - there are plenty of old Disston, Tyzack and Groves on eBay (all US and UK production). I’m not up to speed with current domestic saw makers; other than Skelton Saws - but he’s a high quality/low volume builder.

As for power tools and machinery - other than the already mentioned Sedgwick, I’d struggle to immediately think of others; and I suspect even they may well use a lot of far east sourced components. There will be European manufacturers, but I suspect they’ll all be in the very high end of cost and quality (e.g. Felder).