Name on a Knife Blade: Sharpening Links between Cutlery & Communities

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Born in Sheffield in 1846, Lewis Murray was the son of Scottish-born cutlery manufacturer/dealer Robert Murray and his wife, Sarah. Lewis’s father partnered Samuel Stork. After training as a warehouse boy, by 1868 Lewis was a spring-knife manufacturer in Carver Street. He specialised in fancy pen and pocket knives, and rule and pencil knives. By 1881, he had moved from his parents’ home in Thirwell Road, Heeley, to Wilton Place, Collegiate Crescent. He had married Clarens Fanny....

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