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Stages in  the manufacture of knife blades

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Stages in the manufacture of knife blades
Sheffield
Cutlery Research Council
Cutlery Research Council

One of the busy towns set in the rolling countryside of Yorkshire is Sheffield, famous not only as a heavy steel centre but also traditional home of British cutlery; pre-war monthly production was 7,225,000 pieces. This picture, shows from left to right, stages in knife blade manufacture; into stainless steel stamping are hammered blade, sholuder, and spike for handle.

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