What is the best bricklaying trowel ? Tools trowels review 

The most important thing about a trowel is the brickie atached to it.

I've still got the 11" London Narrow WHS given to me by a brickie in 1976 when I was 12 years old. I use an 11" Marshalltown London Narrow. When I did my City and Guilds in 1986, the Philadelphia pattern was known as a Canadian trowel and came with a leather handle. Most brickies hated it. How things have changed. Great video my friend.

I used to use Marshalltown and rose for years but now I use a goldblatt 11.5” Philadelphia and I find it to be the most comfortable. Perfect flex and pitch

Love my 12 inch Rose narrow london, used to have a WHS back in the day , solid trowel !

Myself and almost everyone I work with uses a 11 or 11.5 narrow London Marshaltown durasoft for everything. B, B & S. The handles do wear out but if you can find them they are replaceable by boiling in water to remove it then boiling the new one in water and installing it . The same way you do hard plastic handles.

I change trowels like I change my pants for different things and if my wrist is mucking me about!!😂😂 anyway nice to hear a bricky say it's up to the individual rather than this is it or your crap, liked and subscribed, good luck buddy 👍 👍

I love the 10" recommendation. My teachers are worn down to a 10"1/2 & a 10" and they feel a lot better in my hand than the 11"s.

I first started with an 11” narrow London, couldn’t get the hang of it! Always now a 10.5” Philadelphia for brick-work and a 12” wide London for block-work. Have only ever used Marshalltown, might have to invest in a W. Rose!

You guys ru 4 real, hey everyone just pick up a trowel smaller the better and start laying your bricks... don't forget keep it clean 💯 👌

My favourite trowel is without doubt a cork handled narrow London W rose.

Is there much different between the 11 wide London Marshall town and the 11 in wide bon fancy a different trowel

Thank you! So helpful! 😁

I worked with my father from the age of 15 until i was in my 20ies we , in the sixties the weapon of choise was the WHS London pattern, the older brickies used to say that the name brand stood for Work Hard and Starve ! People always thought it was a joke when Dad had to order his trowels as being left handed he needed a left handed trowel , as with the WHS one side was straight the other slightly curved , different from left to right, one thing i will pick you up on , you said you could lay a brick with a bread knife slip of the tongue surely as you lay bricks with your hand , you lay on the morter with your trowel , keep your head down and ass up mate cheers for now , as with other things, its not how big it is its how you use it 😊

19 /11 w rose London brick cork handle can't go wrong lovely trowel

I remember reading an old W. Rose catalog from the 1940's and it claimed the Philadelphia trowel keeps the weight back closer to the handle and is therefore easier on the arm but the Londons are better at keeping the mortar off your knuckles. Apparently some of the old lime mortars from back in the day could be harsh on the skin

I started off with a 10" was ideal. had 12 " Marshall towns nearly broke my arm. moved to a wrose the lift is less hard on the arm. use a narrow london for brick .

Match the trowel,to the brickie,for brickwork, Ragni crown 9 inck, blockwork,WHS/ tyasck 10 inch,great trowels,no issues at the end of d days work

11 inch wide London low shank w.rose leather handle, quality!!!

Using a 10 n a half inch London pattern with a plastic handle, Marshall Town, lavly bit of kit

10" W. Rose narrow london with the orange handle. Use it for brick and block.

33-12 narrow london, USA majority use narrow london

W Rose do the best trowels got a plastic handle to try didn’t like so took handle and replaced it with there proform rubber handle think that for me is handle on the Rose trowels. Rose do 1/2 on all sizes which are good. Philadelphia mostly 10 or 11 don’t matter but been using a narrow London Rose 10inch beautiful trowel on face work. Not fan of wide London. Do have a wide heel Rose 11inch which is a monster great for the block on flat.

I got a wide london whs cork trowel, only use it in footings, i does not like cutting bricks😂 Need the older trowels, better steel isnt it

london pattern were always straight cut heavy on cutting side?

1st year apprentice here. All we use are 11" Marshalltown narrow london, durasoft handle low lift. But my Boss has been doing it for 32 years with his teacher of 50 years. When I inquired about buying my own he told me, 11" W.Rose leather handle(narrow London low lift). How do you guys feel about the leather handle?

Got 13 inch narrow london w rose on the way

pilly is a block layers trowel it's holds the most muck

marshalltown philli everyday of the week

Tem como enviar para o Brasil?????

The 9 inch w rosé Philadelphia pattern, where did you get it . Cheers mate a man after my own heart.

Rose now but probably whs the old ones the best

i used a narrow heel rose for 30 years

Ive had 3 WHS trowels over the years. The quality in mental has definitely decreased. Im up for a change.

The bozo bucket trowel is a great all rounder !

Maybe make a point on the handle rise diference between Marshall and Rose. I found switching to rose after years of Marshall Town saved my elbow and wrist. Now managed to get a couple good condition vintage whs hunt and sons trowels and they are in every way better then any trowel you can buy today, the quality of the steel is insane.

What would you say is the lightest make out of Marshalltown bon and rose?

The wide London when building kits is to wide

Limber for the block and the stiff for the brick

I prefer a wooden handle to a dura soft tbh. started with a wooden

The whs trowel is for face work the philidelphia is for overhand work because in America they don't stand outside of skyscrapers to bricklay if you use a Phile long enough it wears in to a whs shape working overhand the curve makes it easier to cut off not seen anyone butter a brick to precision using a philedelphia

,, saludos desde CDMX,, acá lo mejor que se puede encontrar es "bellota"...

good tools

WHS vintage is the best made best metal Find on eBay. I have a 10 n 11in I will never look back now

wide london

Never seen a marshalltown with a plastic handle.

i've always found phenolic handles to be the best, regardless of make.

Totally agree apprentices should learn with something smaller to learn the control and technique. What I don't get is why people are using two different trowels, one for brick and one for block. A good bricklayer should be able to use one trowel for both. I use an 11inch trowel ,its the all rounder. In the game in 2021 there are more tools and gadgets than ever before ,the last thing u need to be doing is carrying two trowels around. Love the videos tho mate , keep them coming ,very interesting 👍

It's quite funny that you don't know what other countries use. In Sweden,Denmark,Norway and Finland we use very different trowels. Center handle and such.

I collect trowels aswell pal there's worse obsessions

Tactix . 5.99 Strongest trowel about prove me wrong!!!!

They only sell 12-13 inch in Australia

A lot of ado over a little

you could send a glass eye to sleep

Good video mate ,WHS man myself ,have a 1 for face work and 1 for block work 🧱

What about the W h s range of trowels