Sheffield History Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 Which of these are "cutlery" in a Historical Sheffield kind of way ? You can select more than one answer... I'll leave it to Richard to explain further !! ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrinderBloke Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 Having reread the question I voted wrong I now know what Richard is talking about now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 Having reread the question I voted wrong I know what Richard is talking about now I'm a bit of a bugger, aren't I ? One of the answers, even I'm not sure of !!!! :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrinderBloke Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 Well if you don't know the answer what are we to do ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 Well if you don't know the answer what are we to do It's just the one I'm not sure of ... For anyone trying to get this right the word "flatware" might be a useful hint ... http://www.jaitc.org.uk/default.asp/pages/...combuilder.html Another popular Poll then ? lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 It's just the one I'm not sure of ... Checked my source, the one I wasn't sure of, was not originally classed as cutlery, but was in later years. So that's all of 'em are cutlery, EXCEPT TWO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 OK since there are no answers, its the folk and spoon that aren't "cutlery", they are "flatware" since they don't have a cutting edge .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1SteelCity2Another Posted May 5, 2007 Share Posted May 5, 2007 I'm not sure that a file would be classed as cutlery in the strictest sense, as it's a hand tool, and so part of a different branch of Sheffield industry, but you could say the same about scythes!!! I once worked with an old scythe maker, and he told me that cutlery was, in his day, classed as a small implement with maintained a cutting edge. He classed cutlery as the following: knives (including daggers and swords), scissors, razors, and small sickles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted May 5, 2007 Share Posted May 5, 2007 I'm not sure that a file would be classed as cutlery in the strictest sense, as it's a hand tool, and so part of a different branch of Sheffield industry, but you could say the same about scythes!!! I once worked with an old scythe maker, and he told me that cutlery was, in his day, classed as a small implement with maintained a cutting edge. He classed cutlery as the following: knives (including daggers and swords), scissors, razors, and small sickles. According to my source (which I forget) files were not included initially, but were included later on ... main point, of course, is that forks and spoons deffo were not cutlery :huh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 I'm not sure that a file would be classed as cutlery in the strictest sense, as it's a hand tool, and so part of a different branch of Sheffield industry, but you could say the same about scythes!!! I once worked with an old scythe maker, and he told me that cutlery was, in his day, classed as a small implement with maintained a cutting edge. He classed cutlery as the following: knives (including daggers and swords), scissors, razors, and small sickles. The shearsmiths, cutlers and scissorsmiths founded the Cutlers Company in 1624, the filesmiths had 21 accepted into membership in 1682, I was thinking more like when Tiger Feet by Mud was number one lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Which of these are "cutlery" in a Historical Sheffield kind of way ? You can select more than one answer... I'll leave it to Richard to explain further !! A Poll where you can choose more than one answer ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tazz Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 A number of old SheffieldCutlers would also make turnscrews. Tazz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vox Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 Middle English cutellerie, from Old French coutelerie, from coutel, knife; see cutlass. Dictionary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 Middle English cutellerie, from Old French coutelerie, from coutel, knife; see cutlass. Dictionary I was lead to believe that cutlery refered to instruments with a cutting edge, So Knife, Scythe, Scissors and Razors would qualify as cutler, and also possibly File (does it cut? or does it Abrade? or Grind?) Forks and Spoons are often classed as Cutlery as they are always packaged with knives in a set of tableware but they do not cut! Likewise, I was lead to believe that Forks and Spoons were Flatware because they could be stamped out from a flat piece of steel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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