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Q: ANTICUE DAGGER SILVER EBONY 24CM BLADE ( No Answer,   1 Comment )
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Subject: ANTICUE DAGGER SILVER EBONY 24CM BLADE
Category: Miscellaneous
Asked by: hybelhushalden-ga
List Price: $2.00
Posted: 03 Jul 2005 17:08 PDT
Expires: 02 Aug 2005 17:08 PDT
Question ID: 539671
OLD KNIFE  JOSEPH RODGERS SONS NO6 NORFOLK STREET SHEFIELD

Request for Question Clarification by politicalguru-ga on 04 Jul 2005 00:46 PDT
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Subject: Re: ANTICUE DAGGER SILVER EBONY 24CM BLADE
From: myoarin-ga on 04 Jul 2005 04:22 PDT
 
A search with  "joseph rodgers & sons" turns up many hits, including
items on auction.
These sites indicate that it is one of - if not the -  oldest existing
knife maker in Sheffield, England, dating from 1682:

http://www.littlemesters.com/sheffield_history.htm
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/peh/objects/manufacturers/pmanu26.html
http://www.rod-neep.co.uk/rod/knives/wharncliffe/

This site gives some history of the company:
http://www.sheffieldgalleries.org.uk/coresite/html/searchresults.asp?SearchOn=makerassets&ID=5

The company is very well known.  There are almost 40 sites mentioning it.

Myoarin

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