John Copley & Sons
The founder was John Copley (1803-1864), who had been born at High Hoyland, near Barnsley. An advertisement stated that his firm was established in 1824, though Copley’s name as a spring-knife maker did not appear in directories until 1845 in Wellmeadow Row. By 1852, John Copley & Sons was making pocket knives and sailors’ and gardeners’ knives at Richmond Works, Creswick Street, in Walkley. The firm made a popular version of the flatback knife of John Burgin. It also made Bowie ....
