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Class 8 — Hand tools

In simple terms

Liberonym’s explanation, not official wording.

Tools and implements operated by hand, plus cutlery and razors.

  • screwdrivers
  • hand-operated garden tools
  • razors
  • kitchen knives

Official class heading

Verbatim wording published by WIPO, NCL (13-2026).

Hand-operated hand tools and implements; cutlery; side arms, except firearms; razors

About this class

Official explanatory note, published by WIPO.

Class 8 includes mainly hand-operated tools and implements for performing tasks, such as drilling, shaping, cutting and piercing.

Includes in particular

Official wording, published by WIPO.

  • hand-operated agricultural, gardening and landscaping tools
  • hand-operated tools for carpenters, artists and other craftspersons, for example, hammers, chisels and gravers
  • handles for hand-operated hand tools, such as knives and scythes
  • electric and non-electric hand implements for personal grooming and body art, for example, razors, implements for hair curling, tattooing, and for manicure and pedicure
  • hand-operated pumps
  • table cutlery, such as knives, forks and spoons, including those made of precious metals

Does not include in particular

Official wording, published by WIPO.

  • machine tools and implements driven by a motor (Class 7)
  • surgical cutlery (Class 10)
  • pumps for bicycle tyres (Class 12), pumps specially adapted for use with balls for games (Class 28)
  • side arms being firearms (Class 13)
  • paper knives, paper shredders for office use (Class 16)
  • handles for objects that are classified in various classes according to their function or purpose, for example, walking stick handles, umbrella handles (Class 18), broom handles (Class 21)
  • serving utensils, for example, sugar tongs, ice tongs, pie servers and serving ladles, and kitchen utensils, for example, mixing spoons, pestles and mortars, nutcrackers and spatulas (Class 21)
  • fencing weapons (Class 28)

Goods/services in this class

278 official entries, published by WIPO. Basic numbers are shown where available.

  • 0002abrading instruments [hand instruments]
  • 0003sharpening stones
  • 0005needle files
  • 0006leather strops
  • 0008awls
  • 0009cutter bars [hand tools]
  • 0010reamers
  • 0011reamer sockets
  • 0012extension pieces for braces for screw taps
  • 0013palette knives
  • 0014spatulas [hand tools]
  • 0015punch rings [knuckle dusters]
  • 0016bits [parts of hand tools]
  • 0017squares [hand tools]
  • 0019instruments and tools for skinning animals
  • 0020annular screw plates
  • 0021bow saws
  • 0022side arms, other than firearms
  • 0023nail extractors, hand-operated
  • 0024lifting jacks, hand-operated
  • 0025bayonets
  • 0026beard clippers
  • 0028hand drills, hand-operated
  • 0029mortise chisels
  • 0030holing axes
  • 0031livestock marking tools
  • 0033cattle shearers
  • 0034nail drawers [hand tools]
  • 0036pickhammers
  • 0037sharpening steels
  • 0038riveting hammers [hand tools]
  • 0039paring irons [hand tools]
  • 0040scissors*
  • 0042tweezers
  • 0043graving tools [hand tools]
  • 0044pickaxes
  • 0045caulking irons
  • 0046penknives
  • 0047stone hammers
  • 0048jig-saws
  • 0049drawing knives
  • 0050nail punches
  • 0051fullers [hand tools]
  • 0052fulling tools [hand tools]
  • 0053hunting knives
  • 0054frames for handsaws
  • 0055saws [hand tools]
  • 0056lasts [shoemakers' hand tools]
  • 0058curling tongs
  • 0059table cutlery [knives, forks and spoons]
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