Is this the begining of the end for Lee Valley???

ya if i remember correctly the do have a pretty weak tool selection in there holiday catalog every year.

-- Roper - Master of sawdust-

Far as I can remember the Christmas catalog is always that way

-- Gary, DeKalb Texas

i kind of liked some of the stuff in there! after all, they DO sell gardening supplies etc… overall the gifts and novelties in there far surpass the quality youd find elsewhere.

Mine says “Early Holiday Gift Catalog” Is that the same one that you got?

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

Their Christmas catalogs are always geared toward interesting gifts that appeal to a wider audience.

-- I don't make mistakes, only design changes....www.dgmwoodworks.com

Got mine today, and as far as I can remember, this has always been directed for gift shopping. Got their regular catalog about 3 weeks ago, and it was a monster. No gift ideas in there…. except for me ;)

-- Rick

Give Lee Valley a break will ya, they are MORE than just tools, we get 3 BIG catalog’s a year…wood, garden, and hardware, I surely don’t mind getting a gift catalog that has pieces of all three, new product and gift items. This is soooooo right!!!

Hi -

Yes – that’s normal this time of year…. a real hodge-podge of stuff we run across at various shows, like, and doesn’t necessarily fit in our regular product lines.

That catalog is our “Early Holiday” catalog… the next one is “Christmas 2009”, and it’ll be more than twice that size… and will actually have at least three new Veritas product in it.

We really have four distinct catalog groups – Woodworking, Gardening, Hardware, and Gift. The first three are very focussed – the last is a patchwork!

Cheers -

Rob

Well, thanks to everyone for the clarification. I’m glad to hear that this is a normal event. To me, not having received one of these in the past, it just seemed out of character for what I normally see from Lee Valley.

Long live Lee Valley!

I look forward to my Lee Valley catalogues because they are quite often “eclectic”.

A trip through the main catalogue will reinforce the fact that these folks are dead serious about quality tools and workmanship.
Kudos to you and your staff Rob!

Bob

-- A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner

I pretty well have to settle for the catalogs, as Lee Valley is on the Wifes’ list of Places Gord Is Not To Go Without An Escort (along with Home Depot, Rona, Chapters, FutureShop). Although I have discovered that daughters can be bribed (they just don’t stay bribed!!)

-- Gord M, Nova Scotia, Canada

Not bad to have a member of the Lee family answer that one, right from the horse’s mouth you might say! thanks for chimming in there Rob. By the way, you guys need to do a (if you haven’t already) calander featuring your cover art, I’d pay money for it.

-- Dave- New Brunswick

Hey, I got a Whirly Pop popcorn popper last year. Best popper I’ve ever used. Haven’t had an old maid yet
Their popcorn ain’t bad either.

Lee

-- No piece is cut too short. It was meant for a smaller project.

lol

-- Matt, Napa, CA...fun is beautiful...just trying to have some fun...

My wife just marked up that catalog with a number of items she wants and I ordered a couple of items myself today from their direct email, a mini shoulder plane and a dual headed (pocket) marking guage. I love their stuff and they have excellent customer service. Glad to see Rob posting here, would just like to say thanks for years of great service and in me, they have a customer for life.

-- "You get what you inspect, not what you expect"

Yea I got mine last week and before I looked through it I told my son that I would pick out my Christmas present for him to buy. When I looked through it I scratched my head and threw it in the trash.

-- Stanley, North Georgia