1. A Short History of the Table Knife [Rev] (2019)

This is the first of four short films covering aspects of the history, development and making of table knives in Sheffield. This one provides a short history of the evolution of knives from flint blades to their more modern forms in metal and plastic of today. The changes in shape and style over the centuries is illustrated.
The short film series was developed as part of the Name on the Knife Blade Project funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.
The website developed by the project giving detail of the huge array of table knife manufacturers in Sheffield over the last 200 years can be found at hawleysheffieldknives.com/
To find out more about the Hawley Collection and to donate, visit our main website: www.hawleytoolcollection.com/

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Thank you so much for this informative video.

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I thoroughly enjoyed that. Thank you. I remember knives just like the 1850 celluloid handled one being in my mum's cutlery drawer when I was a kid. There was probably a century of odds and ends in there all doing their job helping bring the seven of us up. I wonder what the history of the working class and cutlery is.