It is with sincere regret that we report the passing of Patricia Parker, the owner of Wheatsheaf.

Pat has been an integral part of running Wheatsheaf for many years and with her passing, the business will now be transferred to HS Walsh and Sons Ltd, with her family’s blessing.

HS Walsh have been a leader in the jewellery industry since 1947 and we are very proud to be entrusted with taking this long established British brand forward.

We are currently in the process of handing over and looking to restart production shortly.

For any currently outstanding orders please contact annie.hollinger@coop.co.uk

For any new enquiries and to be kept up to date with when Wheatsheaf products will once more be available please contact wheatsheaf@hswalsh.com

Statement from Steve Parker:

“We are very happy to announce that HS Walsh and Sons Ltd will be taking over the running of our company, going forward. They were our first choice. A safe pair of hands, with a great reputation and a customer focused, family style business ethos close to our own.
We look forward to seeing where they take the business and wish them all the best.”

General information about Wheatsheaf and using Wheatsheaf Products.

To size rings accurately you need a Wheatsheaf ring stick and sizes.
To size rings up to 3mm, the ring must be to the center of the line on a Wheatsheaf ring stick. To size rings 4mm and the ring must be to the leading edge of the line on a Wheatsheaf ring stick.

In the UK in 1898, Wheatsheaf introduced the scale in of ‘A-Z’ to size rings as there was no other way of measuring at this time. People were glad of this as there was now an accurate standard to work to.

In 1920 the BSI brought in a new standard called British Standard (BS6820) which was a replica of the Wheatsheaf sizing system using the English alphabet ‘A-Z’, this standard was not as accurate as the Wheatsheaf sizes, so people used only Wheatsheaf, which brought the British standard sizing system to be withdrawn in 1987.
From 1987 onwards Wheatsheaf became the de-facto sizing system used in the UK.

Since the mid 80's there have been many replicas of the Wheatsheaf products on the market, all been inferior and inaccurate. If a ring sizing product has not been made by Wheatsheaf it is a replica and is not guaranteed to size accurately.

Other useful information with Wheatsheaf
In 1986 Wheatsheaf brought in the scale called ISO which was then joined by the BSI (ISO86531986), this was a sizing system that could be used world-wide, unfortunately people adopt this scale so it has never really been widely used, but is still available by Wheatsheaf. At this same time Wheatsheaf brought in 1-36 sizes for Europe, 1-15 for USA and a Japanese scale. In 1993 the BSI joined Wheatsheaf in the scale of sizing for the whole of Europe to use; this is 1-36 (BSEN28653). Again, this scale hasn't really taken off.

Wheatsheaf Guarantee the Accuracy of all our Ring Size Tools You can be sure that all your ring sizes will be accurate when using our jeweller’s tools. Wheatsheaf Manufacturers of Jewellers Tools and Supplies.