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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At the annual meeting of the shareholders of Joseph Rodgers and Sons (limited), Cutlery Works, Norfolk Street, Sheffield, the usual dividend of 17½ per cent, was declared, and the retiring directors, Mr. William Watson and Mr. Frederick Bardwell, were re-elected.

Source: The Watchmaker, Jeweller and Silversmith - 5th May 1882

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Joseph Rodgers & Sons - Sheffield - 1862

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It is stated that Mr. W. P. Salt, secretary to Joseph Rodgers and Sons, Limited, by the invitation of the Mayor of Leeds, attended the festivities in connection with the visit of the Shah to that town. It is added that after the luncheon Mr. Salt had an interview with the Grand Vizier and received on behalf of his Company the written appointment of " Cutlers to the Shah." This reads like a "goak," but it isn't. It is simply one of the subtilties of indirect advertising. The other day I noticed on the back of a baker's van an announcement intituling the proprietor " Bread contractor to his Imperial Majesty the Shah." I don't know whether this was by written appointment or whether one of the dusky potentate's suite had simply bought a bun at the baker's " establishment." Anyhow this sort of thing sells in trade, as anyone with any experience knows. In these days of keen competition one must advertise in some shape or other.

Source: The Watchmaker, Jeweller and Silversmith - 2nd September 1889

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The regrettable strike among the cutlers of Messrs. Joseph Rodgers and Sons still continues, thereby preventing the execution of such orders as are to be had at present, besides affecting indirectly other industries whose workmen have nothing at all to do with the dispute. The difference has arisen out of a reduction in wages to the extent of 5 per cent., which the company maintain is necessary to meet the exigencies of the present industrial situation. The workmen on their part point out that a similar strike in connection with George Wostenholme and Co. resulted in the position of that firm's employes being improved in several very important respects altogether apart from the main point at issue. Be this as it may, a strike in the present state of trade is a risky step to take, and one which cannot fail to affect injuriously the old original staple trade of the town.

Source: The Watchmaker, Jeweller and Silversmith - 1st August 1892

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Joseph Rodgers and Sons - Sheffield - 1862

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Joseph Rodgers & Sons, Ltd. - Sheffield - 1896

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Joseph Rodgers & Sons - Sheffield - 1893

Sole Agents in the United States, Alfred Field & Co., New York.

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ANTHONY ROTHERAM (ROTHERHAM)

Old Rockingham Works, Rockingham Street, Sheffield



Anthony Rotherham - Sheffield - 1860


Anthony Rotheram - Sheffield - 1862


Anthony Rotheram - Sheffield - 1863

Formerly with Joseph Rodgers & Sons.

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The annual meeting of Messrs. Rodgers and Sons, Limited, was held on Wednesday—Mr. Robert Newbold, chairman of the directors, presiding. The report and account were adopted, and “the usual dividend” was declared. As “the usual dividend” is 17½ per cent., and the company's £100 shares are quoted at £255, the shareholders have no reason to be dissatisfied with their investment. The chairman announced to the shareholders that a telegram had been received from Melbourne, intimating that the firm had received a first-class award at the Melbourne Exhibition.

Source: The Engineer - 18th February 1881

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RODGERS (JOSEPH) & SONS, Ltd., Manufacturers of Cutlery and Silver and Electroplate, 6, Norfolk Street, Sheffield, and Pondhill and River Lane and Middlewood Forge, Oughtibridge, Sheffield. One of the oldest and most widely known firms in the Sheffield Cutlery Trade; registered Trade-mark granted 1682, familiar at the present time in all parts of the world. Managing Director: John Rodgers. Secretary: F. J. Pullan. Branches and Agencies: London, 60, Holborn Viaduct, E.C.; New York, 93, Chambers Street; Montreal, St. James Street; and at Sydney, Melbourne, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Bombay, Calcutta, and Christchurch, N.Z. Specialities: Crucible and Shear Steel; highest-class Table and Pocket Cutlery; Razors and Scissors; Silver and Electro-plated Goods, Spoons, Forks, Fish Eating Knives, &c., &c. Connection: World-wide. Royal Warrants: Cutlers by Appointment to His late Majesty King Edward VII.; also held the Royal Warrant as Cutlers to King George IV., King William IV., and Queen Victoria. Warrant granted as Cutlers to His Majesty King George V. Telegraphic Addresses: " Rodgers., Sheffield "; " Rodgersine, London"; " Saxton, New York "; " Hutton, Montreal."

Source: Whitaker's Red Book of Commerce or Who's Who in Business - 1914

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