The company's major UK trade marks were BRADES and WHS, but they had many others, some of which, such as Eagle, Giraffe and Pagoda, were only used on tools made for export. The WHS pointing trowel is prized amongst archaeologists in the United Kingdom who find its strength useful in digging heavy deposits. In his 1946 book Field Archaeology, Richard J. C. Atkinson (best known for excavating Stonehenge), ``unequivocally'' recommended the use of a trowel for archaeology; during the postwar era, WHS and a competing brand from Bowden were predominant.
Richard J. C. Atkinson
Bowden