Lie-Nielsen Toolworks

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We checked this business against our three rules. Here is the public proof we found:

• ✓ American owned

  Who We Are presents Lie-Nielsen Toolworks as a U.S. maker based in its mid-coast Maine shop and does not name a foreign or PE parent. The official pages reviewed do not spell out current shareholders; contemporary interviews describe founder Tom Lie-Nielsen's independent Maine company. No sale to a foreign or PE parent was found.

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• ✓ Made in the USA

  Who We Are: "LIE-NIELSEN TOOLWORKS began in 1981 as an effort to make top-quality hand tools available again from a U.S. maker." "Instead of out-sourcing all our jobs for the cheapest price and short-term profit, we are stubbornly local and believe the best quality is right here in New England. We source our metal castings from New England foundries, our wood from Maine sawyers, and use a combination of modern CNC technology, milling machines, and good old-fashioned hand work to make our tools in our mid-coast Maine shop." "We are proud to continue the tradition of 'Made in America.'" Contact: 264 Stirling Road, Warren, ME 04864; 1-800-327-2520.

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• ✓ Designed in the USA

  Who We Are: "Our Mission is to design and create beautiful, heirloom quality, hand tools..." "We have improved and refined designs," including many hand planes derived from discontinued Stanley designs "refined to meet higher quality standards," designed and made in the Warren shop.

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Last checked: November 10, 2026