About Jewellery Tools

Editorial standards & corrections policy

Every product description, buyer's guide, and technical article on jewellerytools.co.uk is written or reviewed by a working bench jeweller before it goes live. This section sets out the standards we hold ourselves to so that the figures, claims, and recommendations on this site can be trusted by people who are about to commit them to a piece of work.

Who writes our content

The lead editor and bench expert for Jewellery Tools is Khurram Yaseen, who holds a Post Graduate Diploma (Level 7) in jewellery and silversmithing. All product descriptions, buyer's guides, technique articles, and collection introductions are either written by Khurram, or drafted by a member of the Toolsmith team and reviewed by Khurram before publication. Where an article carries a "Reviewed by" date stamp, that is the date Khurram last verified the content was accurate.

How we verify product specs

When a product page on this site states a steel grade, hardness rating, taper, dimension, weight, or tempering treatment, that figure comes from one of two sources:

1. The manufacturer's published datasheet — preferred where the manufacturer publishes specs we can link to or reference.
2. In-house bench testing at our Birmingham workshop — for tools where the manufacturer does not publish a particular spec, but the spec matters to a working jeweller. Test notes are retained on file for at least 24 months.

If we do not know a spec, the product page omits it. We do not estimate, infer, or copy figures from competitor listings.

Bench-testing protocol

When a product is described as "bench-tested" or "tested at our bench" on this site:

• The testing was carried out at the Toolsmith Ltd Birmingham premises (39 Heather Road, Small Heath, B10 9TE)
• Test notes are written up and kept on file for at least 24 months
• The bench-testing claim is only applied to tools that have actually been used in workshop conditions, not unboxed and reshelved

If you ever want to see the bench-test notes for a specific product, email info@toolsmithltd.co.uk with the product name or SKU and we will share them.

Corrections policy

If we publish a price, spec, technique claim, or any other factual content on this site and it turns out to be wrong:

1. We correct the page within one working day of being notified.
2. We append a "Corrected on [date]" note at the end of the page so the change is transparent.
3. We contact every customer who purchased the affected item under the prior incorrect content, and offer either a refund of the price difference or a return-and-refund if the spec was material to their decision.

We hold ourselves to this whether the error was ours or was inherited from a manufacturer's incorrect datasheet.

Conflicts of interest

We are a hand-tool retailer. The buyer's guides on this site exist primarily to help working jewellers make better choices, but we also benefit when they buy a tool we recommend. We mitigate this conflict by linking to specific products by name only when we genuinely use or recommend them, by stating clearly when a recommendation is between several tools we stock, by naming the limitations of tools we sell rather than just their strengths, and by avoiding paid placement of competitor tools or sponsored editorial content. We do not run paid sponsorship articles or affiliate links on this site.

Content review cadence

• Product pages: reviewed every 12 months for spec accuracy and pricing
• Buyer's guides and technique articles: reviewed every 6 months and the "Reviewed by" date stamp updated
• Policies (shipping, returns, privacy, terms): reviewed at every regulatory change and at least every 12 months

Reporting an error

If you find a spec, price, claim, or other content on this site that you believe is wrong, please email info@toolsmithltd.co.uk with the page URL and what you think is incorrect. We will acknowledge within one working day and act on the correction protocol above.