Information Regarding Joseph Rodgers & Sons of Sheffield

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The dispute at Messrs, Joseph Rodgers and Sons—Pond-hill works —is still unsettled. The firm are experiencing no difficulty whatever in getting the work out of hand. The strike is in the pocket-knife department, and the employers state that they have now as many men as they can find work for. It is gratifying to know that a large number of those re-engaged are the firm’s workmen who have returned after varying periods of absence.

Source: The Engineer - 28th October 1892

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One of the most costly examples of cutlery ever manufactured, the Norfolk Sportsmans knife, contains seventy-five blades, many of them ornamented with designs which are considered to be the most perfect ever worked on steel. They include hunting scenes, notable buildings and persons. Thus we have the White House at Washington, Chatsworth House, Arundel Castle, Haddon Hall, Windsor Castle and portraits of Queen Victoria, the Duke of Wellington and others. The handles, which are Manila pearl, are exquisitely carved, depicting a boar hunt and other scenes. The knife was made by William Bamforth of the firm of Joseph Rodgers & Sons of Sheffield, England, two years being spent on its manufacture.

Source: American Artisan and Hardware Record - 4th October 1924

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The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Mr. John Rodgers, of the firm of Joseph Rodgers and Sons, Sheffield, Cutler in Ordinary to her Majesty, and he has taken the oath accordingly.

Source: The Albion - 4th November 1837

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