Garrett Wade is a family-owned business, established in 1975 and based in DUMBO, Brooklyn and Cincinnati, Ohio.

[1] It sources and sells a range of high quality hand tools,[2] primarily for woodworking, gardening, and outdoor work, based on traditional designs.

The goal of the catalog, along with media like Fine Woodworking Magazine, was to reconnect men to the experience of using their hands, as they had done in shop class as boys.

[6][7] Garrett Wade was involved in the early success of other woodworking companies such as Lie Nielsen Toolworks and Lee Valley.

[8] Today, Garrett Wade products compete with mass-produced tools from companies such as Stanley and Craftsman.