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 ...
Since we began making scissors in 1760, we’ve been commissioned to make quite a few unusual and spectacular pairs of scissors – from trimming the grass around golf course holes, to being presented to royalty. We now have many of these historical pi ...
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 ...