The tremendous variety of tools and cutlery made it very difficult to introduce mechanisation into the cutlery and tool industries in Sheffield. The benefits of mechanisation were cost-related. It was ...

A Sheffield collection established by Ken Hawley at Kelham Island Museum has gone viral and is playing a key role in keeping interest in Sheffield Heritage skills alive . The Trust has more than ...

A bust of a craftsman described as a "Sheffield cutlery legend" and the last of the city's "little mesters" has been unveiled at his former workshop. Knifemaker Stan Shaw spent almost 80 years ...

Cutlery has been made in the city since the 13th Century, long before steel was made there from 1700 More than 100 people have answered an online plea for more information about knife-makers from the ...

A beer pump handle shaped like a knife in memory of a master cutler whose clients included the Queen and Elvis Presley has been withdrawn after a single complaint. The Little Mesters Brewing Company ...

Traditionally, Sheffield cutlery and tools had been made and marketed by individual craftsmen. One person would make a knife or tool from start to finish, and would also sell it themselves. But, as ...