Warren,

Unless someone can correct me with current facts, there are no more hooks made in the UK today. With the closure of Sprite, that chapter is over and out.

Any UK made hooks out there therefor have to be old stock.

When Mustad took over Partridge, they soon relocated the making of all Partridge hooks to the far east. Initially to a plant in Malaysia, and then to a huge state of the art plant in mainland China. The move away from the very "victorian" Redditch plant resulted in a big boost in quality and quality control - in spite of what some more nostalgia oriented minds may suggest.

Sprite continued to produce hand made hooks in the UK, until their recent closure. These were high quality hooks, but limited output in quantity, and limited in models.

Cheers,
Hans W