John Burgin
John Burgin (c.1789-1856) was a spring knife manufacturer, based in Walkley (where he was listed in a directory in 1825). In 1852, he was listed as John Hallam Burgin. The Census enumerated him in the previous year in Low Walkley, where he lived with his wife, Amelia, and teenage son, Charles Burgin (Charles Burgon). John Burgin employed nine men and a boy. In a discussion about ‘flatback knives’ in The Sheffield Independent, 16 May 1874, it was stated that originally these had been ....
