The names of George Wostenholm and Joseph Rodgers are intrinsically linked the cutlery industry of Sheffield making pocket knives and hand knives used all over the world since the 17th Century. The skills of the “Little Mesters” used by these titans of Industry are recognised as being a Sheffield speciality and today these skills remain in the City where some knives are still made the old fashioned way.
Sheffield Collectable Knives is the website offering these classic knives to the world, including the famous I:XL Bowie knives of legend, but it remains the skills of the modern Sheffield workers that makes these a work of beauty. Made by hand in the traditional way each pocket knife is a work of art in its own right that marries form and function whether a collector or a gardener. Come and see, find out more and take home a piece of Sheffield history.
