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By the 1850s, W. & S. Butcher was one of the most important manufacturers in Sheffield. The firm was recognised as a specialist in edge tools, files, and razors, besides pocket cutlery, scissors, and Bowie knives.
Partners were William Butcher and Samuel Butcher 1850s One of the most important manufacturers in Sheffield. The firm was recognised as a specialist in edge tools, files, and razors, besides pocket cutlery, scissors, and Bowie knives and employed about 500 workers.
Mar 16, 2022 · Find out about one of the sharpest but least well known of Sheffield’s Cutlery companies, W. S Butcher Ltd. Hear the story behind the firm that built the Butcher Works on Eyre Lane in this free talk from Nick Duggan at Kelham Island Museum.
Jan 31, 2008 · W & S Butcher Co - Sheffield The company was started by Samuel and William Butcher in 1820. They took an American partner named Wade who was the American importer for W&S Butcher products.
A film of an online lecture about one of Sheffield's most famous and prolific blade manufacturers in the 19th and 20th centuries. The expansion of the W & S Butcher brand is outlined and its...
Makers of razors, based in Sheffield, UK, became known as W(illiam) & S(amuel) Butcher upon the death of Robert Wade.
The Wade & Butcher brand, incorporated into its own private company held in Sheffield in 1921, has a long and rich heritage of straight razor manufacture, from the earliest days of the founding company’s near 200 years of existence (W. & S. Butcher Ltd.).
