Ponytail Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 Kumfi-Kut Kitchen Scissors Champion (Scissors) Ltd., Champion Works, Peter Street, Sheffield 4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ponytail Posted December 29, 2022 Author Share Posted December 29, 2022 They look good, appear to be able to do everything you need scissors to do. Now the big questions, are they still in existence? are they still made in Sheffield? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmund Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 The firm was established by David Champion in 1780 and was in partnership with Ebenezer Rhodes until 1822 (Rhodes was Master Cutler in 1808 and author of "Peak Scenery"). David's grandson Thomas Champion was Master Cutler in 1822, but went bankrupt in 1834. The business passed into the hands of the Walsh family, descendants of the founder on the female side. They had works at 2 Eyre Street (1825), 39 High Street (1839), 53 Russell Street (1837), 168 Broad Lane (1846, 1932), Petre Street (1950) and Hoyle Street (1950), Glasshouse Lane Mexborough (1947). Following the death of R.L.Walsh, another Master Cutler, the firm was sold to Prestige Group, of Holborn, London in 1950. At this time trading was poor and a branch at Barnsley and two in Sheffield were closed down, and the Mexborough premises were extended to be the main production site, with 60 workers. In 1957 the firm was sold to George Wostenholm & Son. Eight of the key personnel at Mexborough travelled from Sheffield (2 foremen, 2 grinders, 2 assemblers, a plater and a warehouse chargehand). Lots more detail here: Hawley Sheffield Knives Stationers Company An advertisement from 1951: The factory at Mexborough: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponytail Posted December 29, 2022 Author Share Posted December 29, 2022 After Edmunds information and links, found this on the Internet about Champion Scissors in Grace's Guide to British Industrial History. https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Champion_(Scissors) A new source of information to explore, well it is to me who was always used to looking up in books and newspapers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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