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Dale Edwin Dale -
Dalton Dalton Brothers -
Dalton George Dalton -
Daniel Daniel & Arter -
Daniel Daniel & Lion -
Danks Danks & Leggett Ltd -
Darley George Arthur Darley -
Darwin Allen & Darwin -
Darwin A. Darwin -
Darwins Darwins Ltd -
Davenport Davenport (Sheffield) Ltd -
Davies A. Davies & Company (Cutlers) Ltd -
Davies A. Davies & Co -
Davis Ashford & Davis Ltd -
Davis Austin Davis -
Davison B. Davison & Company -
Davy David Davy & Co. -
Dawson William Dawson -
De Montfort De Montfort -
Deakin George Deakin & Company -
Deakin James Deakin & Sons Ltd -
Deakin James & Thomas Deakin -
Deakin Deakin Brothers -
Deakin Thomas Deakin & Company -
Deakin George Deakin -
Dearden Dearden & Richmond -
Dearden I. S. Dearden & Sons Ltd -
Dearden Jonathan Dearden -
Deeley A. Deeley (Cutlery Manufacturers) Ltd -
Dennis Arthur Dennis & Co -
Denton Denton & Down -
Derby John Derby & Sons (Sheffield) Ltd -
Derby Ogden Brothers & Derby -
Derden Joseph Derden -
Diamond M. A. Diamond -
Dickenson Newbould Brothers & Dickenson -
Dickinson Akers & Dickinson Ltd -
Dickinson Dickinson & Rollisson -
Dickinson E. M. Dickinson Ltd -
Dickinson John Henry Dickinson Ltd -
Dixon James Dixon & Sons Ltd -
Dixon C. Dixon & Company Ltd -
Dixon J & J E Dixon -
Dobie J. Dobie & Co -
Dodd Frank Dodd -
Dodson A. Dodson -
Dodworth Dodworth Brothers -
Dodworth George Thompson Dodworth -
Dodworth A. & F. Dodworth -
Dodworth Joseph Dodworth -
Doré Roberts & Doré Ltd -
Doré Roberts, Doré & Hall (Sheffield) Ltd -
Dove Dove & Company -
Dover Frederick William Dover -
Down Denton & Down -
Downing Alex Downing & Company Ltd -
Drabble George Drabble & Company -
Drabble James Drabble & Company -
Draper Edmund Draper & Company -
Drew Drew & Chapman -
Duesbury Samuel Duesbury -
Duncan G Duncan & Son -
Dungworth F Dungworth -
Dunn Thomas Dunn -
Dunsheath H. Dunsheath -
Dyson Abraham Dyson -
Dyson F. H. Dyson -
Dyson Dyson & Horsfall
James Drabble & Company
Like Nixon & Winterbottom, James Drabble tried to mechanise the Sheffield cutlery trades. He had been born at St Andrew’s, New Brunswick, Canada in about 1821. He may have been the son of George Drabble. If so, he was a clerk in Sheffield at the time of the Census (1841). In 1845, James Drabble advertised as a manufacturer of shoe, butcher, table, and palette knives in Carver Street. However, in 1847 he appeared in the bankruptcy court and admitted that he had suffered heavy busines....
