Spear and Jackson

April 27, 2022

Any memories of Spear and Jackson and related companies . We are looking to do an exhibition at The Hawley Collection at Kelham Island next year .

May 3, 2022

I worked at Harrold Moor on Bailly Street Just off Broad Lane (still there) They made the handles for saws & knives (amongst other things) for S&J in the 60s. Injection moulding. The firm also were one of the first to make plastic baths.

December 31, 2022

Spear & Jackson, converters and refiners of steel, manufacturer of saws, files, edge tools etc., Aetna Works.

Advertisement from Illustrated Guide to Sheffield, Pawson and Brailsford 1862.

January 5, 2023

Spear & Jackson, Aetna Works.

At the Aetna Works of Messrs. Spear and Jackson the process of saw-making in all its branches may be seen carried out upon a very large scale. These extensive premises are situated in Savile Street East adjoining the Midland Railway. Besides their other branches of industry, Messrs. Spear and Jackson are large manufacturers of steel.

In the new saw department the most interesting process is that of making the large circular saws. It is curious to see the ease and accuracy with which the immense pieces of steel (some of them weighing nearly 8 cwt. and being three-eighths of an inch thick) are passed through the various processes of manufacture; machinery being used to facilitate much of the work.

Files and edge tools of all kinds are also made here. Some new branches of manufacture have been during the last few years introduced by this firm - namely, spades and shovels for agricultural and horticultural purposes and also hay, manure and digging forks. These are superior from being made of the best hand-hammered cast steel and tempered by a peculiar process. Each of the tools is forged out of a solid piece of steel, so that there is no chance of any flaw from welding. The consequences of their being made by improved processes, entirely of the best qualities of steel instead of partly iron, is that they are lighter, more elastic, will stand a considerable strain without fear of breaking and are much more durable so that, while the persons using them can get through a considerably increased amount of labour, they wear about four times as long as the old fashioned spades and forks. Their superiority is so manifest that they bid fair in a short time entirely to supersede the former kind of forks. The firm has obtained a great reputation for these goods of which a vast number are used not only in this country, but also on the Continent in Australia & etc.

Messrs. Spear and Jackson have received first class distinctions at the Exhibitions of 1851 and 1855, at the former taking the only Council Medal and at the latter the only Gold Medal and decoration for their class of goods. As one of the members has been selected as juror for the present Exhibition of 1862, they have altogether refrained from sending anything to it, leaving the field open for other manufacturers.

Mr. Samuel Jackson received from the Emperor of the French at the Exhibition of 1855 the cross of the Legion of Honour.

Advertisement and text from Illustrated Guide to Sheffield, Pawson and Brailsford. 1862

February 26, 2023

Spear and Jackson.

Robson's Directory 1839.

Spear and Jackson, Saville Works, Saville Street, steel refiners, manufacturers of saws, files, curriers knives, ledger blades and machine knives.

Spear, Jackson & Bramall, Cupola St., file manufacturers.

Whites Directory 1849.

Jackson, Henry, merchant and manufacturer, h. Clarke Street.

Jackson, Robert, merchant and mfr. (Spear & J) h. Claremont Place.

Jackson, Samuel, merchant and manufacturer, h. Attercliffe.

Spear and Jackson, merchants and steel, file, saw, ledger blade, machine knife &etc. manufacturers, Saville Works, Saville Street East.

Spear, John, merchant and manufacturer, h. Malin Bridge.

Advertisement Whites Directory 1852.

Whites Directory 1852.

Jackson, Robert, merchant and manufacturer, (Spear & J) h. Claremont Place.

Jackson, Samuel, merchant and manufacturer, (Spear & J) h. Attercliffe.

Spear and Jackson, merchants and steel, file, saw, ledger blade and machine blade &etc. manufacturers, Aetna Works, Saville Street East.

Whites Directory 1856.

Jackson, Joseph B, smoke consuming apparatus mfr. Etna Worlks.

Jackson, Robt. merchant and mnfr. (Spear & J) h. 10 Claremont Place

Jackson, Samuel, merchant and mfr. (Spear & J) h. Carlton House, Attercliffe.

Spear and Jackson, merchants, steel convertors and refiners and file, saw, ledger blade, machine knife &etc. manufrs., Aetna Works, Saville Street East.

Advertisement Whites Directory 1862.

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Whites Directory 1862.

Jackson, Joseph Burdekin, merchant and mnfr. (Spear & Jackson) h. Wood Bank, Burngreave Road.

Jackson, Robert, merchant and manfr. (Spear & Jackson) h. Kenwood Road.

Jackson, Samuel Esq. (Spear & Jackson) Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur, h. Carlton House.

Jackson, William Albert, merchant and manfr. (Spear & Jackson) h. Ash Mount, Broomhill.

Spear & Jackson, steel convertors and refiners, merchant and manfr., files, saws, ledger blades, Machine knives, cast steel spades & forks, edge tools &etc., Aetna Works, Saville Street East.

Advertisement Whites Directory 1879.

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Whites Directory 1879.

Jackson, Joseph Burdekin, merchant and manufacturer, (Spear & J) h. Kersal Mount, Manchester Road.

Spear and Jackson, merchants and manufacturers of steel, file, saw, ledger blade, machine knife, cast steel spades and digging forks &etc, Aetna Works, Savile Street East.

John Spear & Co.

https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/John_Spear_and_Co

Samuel Jackson (1798-1867)

https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Samuel_Jackson_(1798-1867)

Spear & Jackson and the various partnerships before & etc.

https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Spear_and_Jackson

Spear & Jackson (Ashberry) Ltd.

https://hawleysheffieldknives.com/n-fulldetails.php?val=s&kel=1858

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spear_%26_Jackson