The Cutlers - Heritage

Cutlery

The Company displays a fine collection of cutlery including canteens, hunting knives, travelling knives, scissors and razors. 

It is home to the famous Norfolk Knife which was made by the Sheffield cutlers, Joseph Rodgers & Sons, for the 1851 Great Exhibition in London. It took two years to make, has over seventy blades, and was named in honour of the Duke of Norfolk, Lord of the Manor of Hallam.  The Norfolk Knife has been exhibited all over the world, winning medals from Chile to China.

In the 1990s, the Company was given part of a large collection of open razors by Commander Rodwell.  On his death in 2008, the remaining razors and associated documents were left to the Company.  This collection now numbers over a thousand razors, principally documenting razor manufacturers in Sheffield and abroad.