S. & G. Stringer
The Stringer family was active since at least 1774, when Joseph and Charles Stringer were listed in Wadsley. Charles used the mark ‘C SER’; Joseph’s mark included the letters ‘S’ and ‘W’. They made ‘spotted’ knives, which had handles of horn burned to look like expensive tortoiseshell. As Leader (1905)1 noted, these knives became very popular and led to ‘an extensive industry in the villages’. In subsequent directories, vari....
