Forging knife blades using the modern method

Hand forging knife blades

Cutlery Research Council laboratories: Operator controlling the machining of a die for a carving fork

Cutlery Research Council laboratories

Cutlery Research Council laboratories

Albert Clayton preparing a pearl handle for a blade at William Gillott and Sons, pearl cutters, Pearl Works, Nos.17-21 Eyre Lane

Final inspection of a variety of finished pearl products at William Gillott and Sons, pearl cutters, Pearl Works, Nos.17-21 Eyre Lane

Harry Ellis drilling the end of a pearl handle in readiness for the fitting of the knife blade, William Gillott and Sons, pearl cutters, Pearl Works, Nos.17-21 Eyre Lane

Herbert Gillott (one of the partners in the firm) splitting the mother-of-pearl from a shell. William Gillott and Sons, pearl cutters, Pearl Works, Nos.17-21 Eyre Lane

S. J. Woulfe (right) is seen teaching the craft of pearl handle making to Rodney Eagling, a sixteen year old apprentice, William Gillott and Sons, pearl cutters, Pearl Works, Nos.17-21 Eyre Lane