The famous I Cut My Way Brand, was made in Sheffield from the 1830s by the William Rodgers Company.On William’s passing in 1855, it was bought by John Clarke & Son, and then briefly changed hands again before being saved for posterity by Egginton ...
The written stories of Knife and Cutlery Making in Sheffield go back over 700 years (the unwritten stories further still), and we aim to tell you as many as we can when we have the time. But the most important story of all doesn’t include The Canterb ...
Our company was established in 1923 by a man named Thomas Flinn. Sheffield was, in those times (and for many years) a city where the majority of people were employed by something related to the steel industry and it’s by products.My initial link to t ...
Pryor were recently contacted by a lady called Hazel Hedley, who had inherited her father’s original steel type set and she was anxious to donate it back to Pryor, so it could be appreciated and valued as she believed her father would have wanted.Joh ...
Pryor have recently supplied 3 new PortaDot 60-30’s to the South Rural Task Force. The taskforce covers the rural areas of Preston, Chorley, South Ribble and West Lancashire. Since being established in 2021, they have achieved a long list of successe ...
From completing his apprenticeship (1843 to 1848) to becoming owner of the business less than a year later, Edward Pryor made his name through the quality of the marks he made – but his real legacy was the generations of apprentices that found their ...
Whiteleys: Trusted Scissor Supplier to the Ministry of Defense Prior to the 1990s, Whiteleys manufactured scissors for the Ministry of Defence (MOD). During that time, fabric cutting was predominantly done by hand, necessitating the production of s ...
Whiteley’s began its story in the countryside, powering its forging and grinding from a giant waterwheel that turned in a forging dam. Then came the Industrial Revolution and the exciting new power of steam. Whiteley’s moved into town – freed from ...
My great-grandfather was in charge of Whiteley’s during the latter part of the Victorian era. Unfortunately, he hadn’t quite got the hang of how to run a business. After becoming bored with scissor-making, he ensconced to London. Installing himself ...