The famous Sheffield shop- Knife heaven

[@ramsvella1]

Thanks for the video.... i was visiting some relatives in Yorkshire and paid a visit to the famous Sheffield shop. They had confirmed to me that they would be open even though it was Good Friday.... well i was overwhelmed by all the pocket knives from various makers and ended up buying three barlows: An A. Wright and son is stag, a Michael May in ebony and turquoise and a premium Taylor's eye witness in buffalo. Now i am back in Malta and am so happy to have some real Sheffield cutlery in my collection!!! Thanks so much for your inspirations

[@SteelCityKnives]

Brilliant comment, mate. Some fine knives for the collection there, mate. Ant good knife shops in Malta? A place me and Mrs have always wanted to go on holiday. Hope you had a good trip over here, mate? 👊

[@ramsvella1]

@SteelCityKnives sorry for late reply. Unfortunately, we don't have dedicated knife shops here. We got individual importers of some brands like victorinox, leatherman and spyderco. I usually buy from european online shops or buy when i am on holiday as this time. Having said that, i am sure you will love a stay in malta during summer if you can handle the heat :) 😀... if you happen to be on the island please make sure to comtact me before as it would be a pleasure for me to take you and your mrs around some nice places.

[@earlbee3196]

Absolutely fantastic video all round. I have a couple of British Army knives made in Sheffield .

[@SteelCityKnives]

Thanks for the kind words mate. I need to show a Sheffield army knife on the channel. 👊

[@RandysWSG]

Some stunners there for sure! Yeah, that gunstock is fantastic! Thanks for sharing all of these!! Hope all is well with you my friend!

[@SteelCityKnives]

Doing good, mate. Hope you are doing well, too? Miss you guys though 👊

[@SeanT_1967]

Wow…!!! Absolutely brilliant video!!!! Some fantastic knives on display!!! I can imagine it would make it tough deciding what to pick up!!! Jane sounds fantastic… just the kind of person you would want running that shop… the other staff sound great too! I’m going to visit… look’s too good not to… Thanks for posting this one and all the other videos mate..👊🏻 Oh yeah.. I’ve got a few old Sheffield knife boxes.. think you’d appreciate a look at… I’ll post some pics on discord this week.. keep a lookout for them!!! Cheers brother, catch you soon 😎👊🏻

[@SteelCityKnives]

I need to get back on there, brother. I miss you guys and the banter 😂. Good find on the boxes!! Hope you're doing good, Sean? Miss you, brother 👊

[@garylyman4922]

Next time I get to the UK. I will definitely have to make a side trip to Sheffield. The shop looks amazing. Thanks for sharing.

[@SteelCityKnives]

Definitely do it, Gary. If you call up, you can get a tour of the cutlers hall. There are some amazing pieces there. Check out the Kelham museum also. Cheers mate 👊

[@MB_EDC]

Another great video Steely. I think I will have to make a visit to Sheffield...

[@SteelCityKnives]

You're slacking a bit like me on the video postings🤣😂. Kids keeping you busy? 👊

[@MB_EDC]

@@SteelCityKnives Haha. Fair cop! I have filmed 3 videos but not edited them yet. Took some time off over Easter. Nice to have a break from YT. Too many ideas and not enough time!!

[@SteelCityKnives]

@MB_EDC I know that feeling, mate. In my case also....too many ideas, not enough skill and also time🤣😂🤣

[@SteelCityKnives]

@MB_EDC I really enjoyed the interview video, mate. It was absolutely brilliant. You have a good personality for it. You make people feel at ease, Mark. If that was the first, it's going to be a fantastic series!!

[@MB_EDC]

@@SteelCityKnives I agree about needing more skill. My videos now don't look and better than my first ones from a year ago.

[@ed.barker7069]

Some absolute beauties there Martin and a well put together vid. Cheers. 👍

[@SteelCityKnives]

Thanks for the kind words, Ed! 🫡 👊

[@davidkurle5418]

This was a real treat to see, buddy! Cheers!

[@SteelCityKnives]

Hi David 👋 Hope you're good, brother? Cheers for the kind words! 👊

[@tbessie]

I'm in San Francisco, and I visited that shop on my recent trip to England. I had a meeting very soon, so I couldn't spend as much time as I really wanted talking to Jane and the other staff. I ended up buying a few knives I liked, but I have to go back there sometime in the near future and have a better chat and look more closely at the stock. Really nice folks there!

[@SteelCityKnives]

That's brilliant. Funnily enough, I find myself on the Bernal shop site when looking online at knives. Which is in San Francisco they stock some brilliant knives. Jane and the staff are brilliant and really made my visit. Brilliant comment. Thankyou 😁

[@tbessie]

@@SteelCityKnives Well ALSO funnily enough, I'm going over to the Bernal shop tomorrow; one of the knives I bought in Sheffield has some spots on the blade, and an imperfection in the wooden handle. I called them to ask if they can remove the scratches I put in the blade trying to remove the spots, and if they can smooth out the imperfection, and they told me to bring it by. I only this year discovered that it was there, even though they've been there for awhile. Not a lot of good knife stores in the area (there's one in Petaluma I visited years ago - Sonoma Cutlery), but they're generally scattered around the Bay Area. So nice to have Bernal nearby!

[@SteelCityKnives]

@tbessie Sorry for the late reply. How did you get on? The site looks brilliant, with a lot of brilliant knives.

[@tbessie]

@@SteelCityKnives No problem. They buffed the knife (for free), but told me they don't do work on handles/scales, and suggested I find a woodworker or knife-maker who would be willing to do that. I called a few local woodworkers, but they all said they don't work on knives. A friend who is a wood-worker told me I should steam the dent-like imperfection in the scale to make it pop back out. I wasn't aware of that technique, so I'll try it.

[@SteelCityKnives]

@tbessie I haven't heard of that either. That technique. If woods damaged...its damaged I always thought. May I ask what knife you had the issues with? I find this all very interesting. There was a company in the UK that is no longer in existence. That used to recover knives with historic or unique covers. The guy that owned that said he found it hard to get people to do it. A skill in itself to re-cover knives. Sorry for the late reply. Currently in Cyprus.

[@gizmocarr3093]

Love seeing the inside of this shop, It is full of enough knives to put me into Bankruptcy if I ever walked thru the door...

[@SteelCityKnives]

They would love your knowledge in there, though Gizmo. You'd been in there for hours 😂 just chatting. Hope you're good, mate? 🫡

[@SlipjointSawyer]

Jane is an absolute gem! Been there twice now and it gets better every single time

[@ericstarr9399]

Wow! Amazing experience! Thank you for sharing with us. I look forward to your videos showing books/catalogs!

[@SteelCityKnives]

I'll get something together soon hopefully 👊

[@GunSlingerCal]

Awesome video brother I just acquired some literature myself!

[@SteelCityKnives]

How are you doing, brother? Is that Case book any good? I'm always on the hunt, brother. Need to track down a Goins encyclopedia that's the grail book atm. Sending well wishes from across the pond 🫡 👊

[@dougwatkins5441]

I have enjoyed your video so much. This is a day you will not forget soon. I agree with you on that Gunstock Pattern I picked it before you said a word about it. It is a work of Art to Me .I used to do interior house trim and those sheepfoot,coping,lambsfoot,rams foot are a must and they are an awesome EDC also. You can do more of these type videos If you want LOL

[@SteelCityKnives]

😂🤣😂 I will try and do some similar videos to this. I really enjoyed doing this. Cheers Doug, always enjoy your comments, mate. I'm very jealous of your gunstock 🤯🤪. Cheers 🍻

[@elanrhys3178]

You have to tell me how you get a copy of that book showing all the patterns! Pretty please!!

[@SteelCityKnives]

I can't put links up on youtube it doesn't like it 😂. I'll work something out. Cheers brother 👊

[@drewwhite5601]

Morning brother, another fantastic video , brought back some good memories, they really are one of a kind, very philosophical in the end wow haha , I'm already part of the 90's original rave scene history 🤣🤣 now knives too 😁👊

[@SteelCityKnives]

I caught the back end of the rave scene. A lot of messy ones 🤣😂🤣 I don't know where that end bit came from. I've been looking at the cutlery industry differently since starting youtube. Looking at the big picture and us as part of history. I can't think about anything else sometimes 😕. I think it's losing all those great American companies....it makes me sad. 👊

[@williamcarrington61]

​@@SteelCityKnivesIt always used to annoy me when we were forbidden from polishing our "Pig-sticker " Bayonets with metal polish .

[@Mid-Knife-Crisis69]

Fabulous 👌. That wostenholm 😁 ✌️

[@SteelCityKnives]

I know, right 😍 Hope you're good, mate? 👊

[@ianrankin1293]

If you are ever up in the Lake District there is a fieldsports shop in Keswick that has 3 or 4 glass cabinets rammed with knives! I bought a Buck canoe last time i stayed there. Beautiful scenery,real ale and knives,what more do you need?😉

[@SteelCityKnives]

That sounds brilliant. I'm trying to get a bit of a list together of knife shops here in the UK. It's on the list cheers Ian, I'll put your name in brackets so I remember who told me about it 😂. Knife nerd 🤓 😂

[@John..18]

Thanks for showing us this shop in detail,, 👍,, I'm gonna start gradually saving now, and a visit here for my birthday in October, is definitely on the cards,, Cheers mate, 😊 ps, do they buy /sell second hand books?, I've a couple of expensive Bowie knife books, that I'd love to "exchange" for actual knives,, Cheers again,, 👍

[@SteelCityKnives]

Is it the Shefiield Bowie knife and Sheffield makers' book? Worth asking them? Hope you're good, John? 👊

[@lewisgreenway5065]

Would love that Michael May Lambfoot with Welsh Rams Horn, been waiting to pick up Arthur Wright Buffalo horn Lambsfoot always out of stock might be better go for Welsh Rams Horn instead as it is available. Great video mate keep em coming. 😁

[@ed.barker7069]

Duncans Gunmakers Ltd appear to be advertising them (Buffalo horn) but I don't know if they're in stock.

[@lewisgreenway5065]

@@ed.barker7069 right I will have a look don't know that company but thanks for the info. 😁

[@lewisgreenway5065]

@@ed.barker7069 I have checked and they are in stock but much more expensive than other retailers, think the Michael May a better buy to be honest. Cheers anyway. 😁

[@ed.barker7069]

@@lewisgreenway5065 👍

[@SteelCityKnives]

Even though Duncans is expensive. It's always good to know all these sellers as some do have things others don't. I've never bought anything from Duncans. But thanks for the heads up. Hi both 👋

[@radar468]

I get more of an experience going to the markets than in our knife shops here. There is nothing like this in our shops either. 👏🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@SteelCityKnives]

I don't blame you, Radar! I've seen some of your pick ups also. Brilliant brother 👊

[@rowlandbrant674]

Great video of a fantastic shop Martin. Just as well it's over 200 miles from me otherwise I would be skint!!!

[@SteelCityKnives]

Thanks, mate! Your collection mate, you could give them a run for their money on a Sheffield display 😂. Hope you're good, mate? 👊

[@alexbowey2760]

I have a Trevor Ablett pocket knife , he was the famous Sheffield Meister

[@SteelCityKnives]

Hi Alex. Sorry for the late reply. I just missed out on one at auction recently. I was coming off a night shift and regret not going higher every day since 😅. I'm very jealous. I have another video out called cutlers left in Sheffield. Which I pay tribute to Trevor. I think I've read everything about the man online. And drooled over all his knives. Same as Stan Shaw. I've been reading Stan Shaws' book recently and definitely recommend it to anyone.

[@Zen_Ali_123]

Apart from a single stag Wostenholm, I've made every English knife purchase from the Famous Sheffield Shop

[@Zen_Ali_123]

Brilliant, or in American English, Awesome

[@SteelCityKnives]

The clientele is as legendary as the shop 😂. Hope you're doing well, Zen? Cheers mate 👊

[@Zen_Ali_123]

You gonna wind up a legend your own self, if you ain't careful Worse still, it's gonna change you, I mean, if every other youtuber there's ever been is any kind of measure. Try to keep it to a minimum

[@SteelCityKnives]

​@Zen_Ali_123 I enjoy your comments, Zen 😂🤔 I'm an idiot and you give me a lot of food for thought. I needed to ask the Mrs for her opinion on that one 😂. Always a pleasure Zen 🤝

[@terrillschneider3778]

Lovely knives mate

[@SteelCityKnives]

Cheers, Terrill. I only have Stefans book because i saw your review 😂. I know and trust that guys opinion 😂. And you weren't wrong, brilliant book. 👊

[@terrillschneider3778]

@@SteelCityKnives Thanks for your kind words and your well wishes God bless

[@SteelCityKnives]

@terrillschneider3778 God bless, brother. Thought and prayers 🙏

[@ianrosie4431]

Fair enjoyed that. That shop could bankrupt me 😀.

[@SteelCityKnives]

Ian, I still need to get back to you, mate. Apologies, brother. Did you message about a GEC you are about to buy?? 👊

[@ianrosie4431]

It keeps getting deleted. I bought one. A bullet end jack in salmon acrylic. It's on Slick's site as he owned it once upon a time. @@SteelCityKnives

[@ianrosie4431]

Yeah, I bought a bullet end salmon acrylic. Keep getting my posts taken down. @@SteelCityKnives

[@philipwinter8729]

Have bought a few knives from them over the internet but maybe should make the effort to visit the shop. Not too far for me.

[@SteelCityKnives]

Phillip 👋 If it's not far, mate. It's definitely worth a visit. Hope you're good, mate? 👊

[@jacksnow1703]

Nice video. Some mighty fine tools have come from Sheffield! Thanks for taking the time to put it all together and share.

[@SteelCityKnives]

Sorry for the late reply, Jack. Cheers, mate. Appreciate comments like this! 👊

[@marklawrence855]

As I live in the UK, I spent a lot of time looking at a decent slipjoint knives, ending up getting myself a jack wolf knive, as my edc ,but I never thought about all of those knives that you are showing, wow some lovely looking ones! 😮😊

[@SteelCityKnives]

Comments like this make me want to continue doing videos, mate! Thank you so much for this comment 🤝

[@marklawrence855]

@SteelCityKnives I have subscribed to your channel. It's very interesting 👍 😀

[@SteelCityKnives]

@marklawrence855 Thanks, mate 👊

[@JimGlasgow-e5o]

Lovely video, what a selection.many thanks for sharing it.

[@SteelCityKnives]

@user-te4bz2ji8t No problem. Glad you enjoyed it mate 👊

[@jinxUKBK]

Great video my friend. How did you find the quality of their steel and heat treatment. With all this super steel flying around it would be great to know how their steel holds up in edge retention, toughness and corrosion resistance. Tha ks again and keep up the good work

[@SteelCityKnives]

Thanks for the kind words, mate! I'm probably the worst person to talk about knife steels. Although I am an engineer by trade and understand basic metallurgy. I'm also a knife collector and never short a knife 😂. My mentality is did the knife perform OK for my daily task. Was the knife easy to sharpen. I think I'm more interested in the skill it takes to put these things together by hand and the history behind them. I remember VG10 being seen as a premium steel 😂. We are definitely spoilt now with knife steels 😊. But I've never been one to go out and search for them. Thanks again, mate 🤝

[@wayout6092]

Been on the website, am going for a nice pocket knife, and affordable, brilliant!

[@SteelCityKnives]

Good to hear. Let me know what you think when it arrives? 👊

[@TheKnifeRaven]

Outstanding video, as always, my friend! Cheers! 😊

[@SteelCityKnives]

Cheers, mate! Hope you are well? I'm going to send you an email soon. Speak to you soon. 👋

[@TheKnifeRaven]

@@SteelCityKnives I'll be on the lookout! Cheers, as always!

[@matthewmcnamee4563]

Thank you Martin i enjoyed that looks like a good place to make myself skint.

[@SteelCityKnives]

@matthewmcnamee4563 Cheers, mate! I'm glad you enjoyed it 👊

[@rasputinscastle]

Neat video. Thanks for sharing it. 😊

[@SteelCityKnives]

You would have loved that old catalogue, Michael. I spent most of my time looking at that. It had some fantastic patterns in there. 🫡 👊

[@NorthStarKnifeReviews]

Lovely! I want to visit Sheffield.

[@SteelCityKnives]

I'm desperate to travel around America 😂. Hope you're doing well Ray? I really wanted to do your back to the future open tag. Brilliant open tag brilliant title. So busy at the moment....my youtube fiming has gone to pot! Cheers brother 🫡 👊

[@NorthStarKnifeReviews]

@@SteelCityKnives life gets in the way at times. Take care.

[@warwickmudge4114]

My pommy mate! Good job I don't live in England or I would be loitering there too much! I could spend hours on those brochures love it all! I have been wanting to reply to your episode on Empire knives but my tablet is broken..see how I go!

[@SteelCityKnives]

Mate, I got there early and didn't leave till the arvo 😂. I'm surprised they didn't chuck me out 😅. Hope you're doing good, mate? 👊

[@warwickmudge4114]

@@SteelCityKnives not bad Brother, hanging in there! Hope all is well at your end.

[@SpecialEd_59]

Good show Martin! I'd probably hyperventilate in there. If they take credit cards, I'd come out happy but broke. Cheers!

[@SteelCityKnives]

😂😅😂 Hi Ed 👋 It's a dangerous place 😂. Cheers for the comment, mate. It's always good to hear from you. You were the person that got me first going, mate. Hope you're doing well, mate? 🫡 👊

[@jamesluther3506]

I purchased an Arthur Wright and son Barlow about a year ago and damned if I can get the thing to open.

[@SteelCityKnives]

If you can't return it. Try giving the joints some oil. A. Wright are renowned for having tough pulls. Not all Sheffield knives are like that. Let me know how you get on mate. I might buy it off ya

[@jamesluther3506]

@@SteelCityKnives Thank you

[@allancrotch2953]

Great photos thanks for that..I have bought from there and had great service I would love to visit the shop if only it was closer or I was younger ,but your video was a good and easy option.

[@SteelCityKnives]

Cheers, Allan, mate. 🫡 👊

[@Beaverbush1969]

Yes they provide a very good service, and the British always made the best cutlery , and I'm from Ireland.

[@SteelCityKnives]

I watched a live recently and 2 very known knifetubers reported China is making the best knives in the world at the moment. I was thinking, what a load of rubbish. They might be the cheapest but far from the best. The rest of the world us still producing some amazing cutlery. 👊

[@manchagojohnsonmanchago6367]

? What sort of madman would say china makes anything well at all the knives made in china are definitely the worst in the world.. barring maybe Pakistan. There is many KZbin channels being paid by Chinese or American sellers to shill bad quality very very overpriced Chinese junk but people are very ignorant these days and easily fooled as they barely use the knives and know little about them​@@SteelCityKnives

[@manchagojohnsonmanchago6367]

I'm sorry to say but the English haven't been making usable cutlery for a lifetime

[@SteelCityKnives]

​@manchagojohnsonmanchago6367 I wholeheartedly disagree with you. But we are all entitled to our opinions.

[@Beaverbush1969]

​@manchagojohnsonmanchago6367 the British steel industry and the craftsmanship of the products they produced could never be matched by any other country.

[@gregarywilliams5674]

Nice video… 👍

[@SteelCityKnives]

@gregarywilliams5674 Cheers mate 👊

[@terrystroble8657]

I thought all knives were illegal in the UK.

[@Mid-Knife-Crisis69]

Nope. Less than 3 inch and non locking ate good to go.

[@ianrosie4431]

You can keep a sword if you want. Just not carry it around the street. For the street it has to be under 3" blade and non-locking. @@Mid-Knife-Crisis69

[@SteelCityKnives]

Most traditional knives are legal to carry in the UK. The legality is non locking and 3" or under. Certain places you can't take them such as Schools etc. Cheers both 👊

[@alanfrost4661]

They soon will be thanks to certain types

[@YuenMinLing-kw6qb]

Do they sell secondhand knives?

[@SteelCityKnives]

Not to my knowledge. New knives is all I've ever seen on the site and in the shop. Etsy UK has some brilliant sellers for that. I'll warn you, though. They also have some sellers that charge a fortune for stuff. Do your homework on the knife, is what I would advise. And haggle. Keep us posted, mate. If you pick anything up.

[@YuenMinLing-kw6qb]

Thank you for information.

[@SteelCityKnives]

@@YuenMinLing-kw6qb 👊

[@marklydall8635]

thanks! for sharing but oh dear! watch in My pocket today is a USA made Benchmade........

[@SteelCityKnives]

Nowt wrong with a Benchmade. Had a few in my time. Brilliant knife 🇺🇸 👊

[@ricatkins4918]

...do you like the word phenomenal.....

[@SteelCityKnives]

🤣😂 Cheers mate 👊

[@alanfrost4661]

We are not allowed knives thanks to mamby pamby politicians

[@SteelCityKnives]

I know, mate. 👊

[@manchagojohnsonmanchago6367]

Terrible quality products unfortunately

[@SteelCityKnives]

Each to their own

[@manchagojohnsonmanchago6367]

@@SteelCityKnives no I'm just being honest. Even in your video i can see inconsistent blade tangs are the cause of the uneven resting closed and open positions of the pocket knives. This a serious quality issue . From 100 modern Sheffield made pocket knives I would say 90 have serious defects making them unsellable.. if you have a moral compass. I use to sell this... Let's be honest.. crap. .. too and junk from Solingen. Although there is still some good consisting Solingen products too most are poorly made sloppy junk. These things need either skilled machining and tooling or they need very skilled traditional hand work. Both of which Sheffield lacks. France has still quite a bit of knife making work by hand for folding knives but it's all single bladed stuff now

[@asensibleyoungman2978]

I don't understand the fascination. They're just knives, What's the big deal?

[@SteelCityKnives]

@asensibleyoungman2978 They were man's first tool. Never "just knives." My channel focuses on handmade traditional knives. An industry that has been going for 100s and 100s of years. And the stories and history that have moulded the industry. People train and carry out an apprenticeship to produce these amazing knives. Some are work horses. Some are works of art. I will try and show a bit of everything. It's a hobby that will take you all over the world in the search. Meet some fantastic people. We are not talking about weapons but a daily carry tool. I'm a DIY'er, gardener, and work with my hands for a living. They prepare my food. I use mine many times a day. Always in my pocket. If you're a young man. You shouldn't be seeing my content. I put not for children on my videos. They demand respect as they have the potential to cause harm in the wrong hands. But the people in this hobby are upstanding members of their community. Law-abiding citizens.

[@asensibleyoungman2978]

@@SteelCityKnives I'm not as young as my username suggests. Thanks for the info.

[@SteelCityKnives]

@asensibleyoungman2978 Sorry, you can't be too careful. I want to be promoting responsible knife usage. To me, they are a tool. Thanks for your comments, though. Gave me chance to word why I love knives so much. 👊

[@JimGlasgow-e5o]

Are you a woman ?

[@RayLahey]

I had a coupla drinks and saw a couple of things, in there too. It's the way of the road boys.

[@SteelCityKnives]

Thanks for the comment. You know, brother 👊