Pearl, Horn and Ivory from around the World to Sheffield Cutlery (2022)

A film of an online lecture tracking the extensive use of mother of pearl, ivory and horn in making handles tor Sheffield cutlery in the 19th and 20th centuries. The variety of products and the skills to make them is explored but the decline and disappearance of the companies involved is also sadly tracked . The lecture was originally given by Nick Duggan on 13 April 2022.
The impact of the huge quantities of pearl, ivory and horn used in the processes is also acknowledged
The film 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 website: www.hawleytoolcollection.com/

[@antiquebowieknifechannel4611]

Wow..this was so informative!!! Thank you!

[@tonywatson987]

@8min, the Vegetable Ivory referred to is Tagua Nut, which is as hard and as easy to carve as Ivory. Stag horn is not horn, it is Antler - which is a type of bone, not Keratin which horn is made from. Horn is malleable using heat and pressure, whereas bone is rigid and not malleable. Very interesting video, thanks for sharing.

[@slick_slicers]

Happy to report that Ashley Harrison is doing a small number of Barleytwist penknives today.

[@slick_slicers]

Great video, watched the lot!