2. The Manufacture of Sheffield Table Knives (2004)

This is the second of four short films covering aspects of the history, development and making of table knives in Sheffield. This one focusses on the processes and manufacture of knives within Sheffield illustrating the traditional terminology and stages stages of production with images and film clips. The short film series was developed as part of the Name on the Knife Blade Project funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. The website developed by the project giving detail of the huge array of table knife manufacturers in Sheffield over the last 200 years can be found at To find out more about the Hawley Collection and to donate, visit our main website: