The Marshalltown 45 5 Pointing Trowel is a 5 x 2.5 inch Philadelphia-pattern pointing trowel with a one-piece forged high-carbon steel blade and a traditional wooden handle. The Philadelphia pattern’s narrower heel and more pointed tip slip into mortar joints the wider London pattern can’t reach, making the 45-5 the masonry repair tool of choice for repointing older brick and stone.
Use it for repointing brick walls, mortar joint repair on historic restoration, stone wall pointing, chimney repair work, narrow-joint masonry repair, and any pointing job where the Philadelphia pattern’s tighter geometry beats the London pattern. The single-piece forged blade resists the bend that pressed-blade economy trowels develop, and the wooden handle gives traditional grip for fine-detail control.
Marshalltown has been forging masonry tools in Marshalltown, Iowa since 1890 and remains the trusted American brand on commercial concrete and brick crews coast-to-coast. The 45 5 carries Marshalltown’s lifetime warranty against defects in material and workmanship.
