THYLACINE Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 So I find a bone handled knife in a drawer at work with the name Sidney Morton & Partner, manufacturing cutlers, Sheffield, Eng. A SH search gave no result so I Googled the name and came up with a Consulting Physician at the Royal Hospital in Sheffield !860 - 1930 which was an interesting connection but not a lot of help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tozzin Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 1 hour ago, THYLACINE said: So I find a bone handled knife in a drawer at work with the name Sidney Morton & Partner, manufacturing cutlers, Sheffield, Eng. A SH search gave no result so I Googled the name and came up with a Consulting Physician at the Royal Hospital in Sheffield !860 - 1930 which was an interesting connection but not a lot of help? Is there a trade mark on the blade? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THYLACINE Posted February 14, 2016 Author Share Posted February 14, 2016 Firth-Brearley Stainless is the only other mark on the blade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tozzin Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 I cant find any mention of a firm of called Sidney Morton & Partner but in Sheffield in 1911 there's quite a few Morton's working in all aspects of Cutlery making but no mention of a Sidney. Your knife was made after 1924 but what particular year I cant say, in my Kelly's 1976 directory no Morton is listed either, the only firm called Morton is William Morton & Son who's address was 175 Rockingham Street and this firm closed in 1971. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THYLACINE Posted February 16, 2016 Author Share Posted February 16, 2016 Thanks Tozzin for your efforts. I can't understand how a knife can turn up in Tasmania and no one in Sheffield has heard of it. Surely it can't be the only one in existence? Must be Chinese. I heard they have their own 'Sheffield' in China so they can legitimately inscribe 'Made in Sheffield' on their blades. Shame, its a damn good knife. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tozzin Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 2 hours ago, THYLACINE said: Thanks Tozzin for your efforts. I can't understand how a knife can turn up in Tasmania and no one in Sheffield has heard of it. Surely it can't be the only one in existence? Must be Chinese. I heard they have their own 'Sheffield' in China so they can legitimately inscribe 'Made in Sheffield' on their blades. Shame, its a damn good knife. I don't think for one minute it's a foreign made knife, it could be Sidney Morton ordered knives from a manufacturer and had his name etched on them by the manufacturer, I worked for a largish cutlery firm and we did plenty of work for different companies who wanted their names etched on the blade. The Sheffield in China is a fallacy, if as you say it's a good knife, it's Sheffield made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lysander Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 By 1934 the name had changed to Firth Vickers so the odds are it predates then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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