Antique Knives Made In England

[Mason]

Thanks Joe and M.B.
I think both you guys would like episodes 35 and 45 on the podcast.
Both those guests are very involved with cutlery in England.

[Miller Bro's]

I will definitely check it out

[Ridgegrass]

Yeah Dogg, I'm afraid to even look at it. J.O'.

[chickenman62]

Christopher Johnson Western Works.

[Miller Bro's]

Beautiful knife!

[deo-pa]

The 400-year old metalworker's guild that promotes Sheffield products is called the Company of Cutlers of Hallamshire (that being the ancient name for the Sheffield area). Every year it elects a Master Cutler who is a prominent business person from among the hundreds of companies and organizations that make up the guild. That person is honored at an annual black tie banquet and is expected to spend the year promoting Sheffield and its products.

Tradition calls for the recipient to commemorate his or her election with a pocket knife, and the knife below is the Master Cutler's knife from 1950 marking the election of George Wilton Lee, who was the president of Arthur Lee & Co., the family's steel business. George Ibberson & Co. made the knife. The handles are sterling silver and are engraved with the guild's coat-of-arms and a facsimile of Lee's signature. The last photo shows Lee's portrait that hangs in Cutlers Hall in Sheffield.

[Miller Bro's]

Excellent post!

[wlf]

The 400-year old metalworker's guild that promotes Sheffield products is called the Company of Cutlers of Hallamshire (that being the ancient name for the Sheffield area). Every year it elects a Master Cutler who is a prominent business person from among the hundreds of companies and organizations that make up the guild. That person is honored at an annual black tie banquet and is expected to spend the year promoting Sheffield and its products.

Tradition calls for the recipient to commemorate his or her election with a pocket knife, and the knife below is the Master Cutler's knife from 1950 marking the election of George Wilton Lee, who was the president of Arthur Lee & Co., the family's steel business. George Ibberson & Co. made the knife. The handles are sterling silver and are engraved with the guild's coat-of-arms and a facsimile of Lee's signature. The last photo shows Lee's portrait that hangs in Cutlers Hall in Sheffield.

Quite the find .

[wlf]

Late 1800s- '30s Wostenholms. There may be a couple post WWII.

[Miller Bro's]

Very nice Lyle

[C-WADE7]

Agreed,great line up Lyle.