Spear & Jackson
| Industry | Tool manufacturers |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1760 |
| Founder | John Spear and Sam Jackson |
| Headquarters | Atlas Way, Atlas North, Sheffield, S4 7QQ |
Area served | World |
| Products | Gardening and Hand Tools |
| Parent | SNH Global |
| Website | http://www.spear-and-jackson.com |
Spear & Jackson is a British manufacturer and supplier of gardening tools, hand tools, and precision instruments, headquartered in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. The company traces its origins to 1760, when Alexander Spear and John Love established a tool-making partnership in Sheffield. Over the following decades, it evolved into Spear & Jackson through the involvement of John Spear’s nephew and his apprentice Sam Jackson.
The business became closely associated with the Eclipse brand after James Neill patented composite steel in 1889 and launched products under the Eclipse trademark in 1909. Eclipse went on to pioneer the composite steel hacksaw blade in 1911, helping to establish Sheffield’s reputation as a global centre for high-quality steel tools.
Over the twentieth century the company underwent a series of ownership changes, becoming Spear & Jackson plc in 1995 and later part of Hong Kong–based United Pacific Industries. Since 2014, the brand has been owned by SNH Global. Today Spear & Jackson operates in more than 100 countries and continues to be linked with Sheffield’s long tradition of tool-making.