F. Ludlam & Son
This ‘CUTQUICKER’ knife was probably made towards the end of the 1920s or in the early 1930s, when various Sheffield makers (see Gillott Cutlery Co and Paget & Senior) copied an American innovation: the serrated edge for bread knives. Ludlam was a relatively common family name in the cutlery trades (Fred Ludlam), though its members rarely surfaced in directories as cutlers. Only one reference has been found so far: in 1933 the Sheffield directory listed Frederick Ludlam, table knife hafter, at Matilda S....
