Firth Stainless / Firth-Brearley Stainless
The originator of cutlery stainless steel was Harry Brearley (1871-1948), who was the director of the Brown-Firth Research Laboratories in Sheffield. In 1913, he discovered the rust-resistant properties of a steel low in carbon and containing about 12 per cent chromium. Brearley and cutlery manufacturer R. F. Mosley made the first prototype stainless table blades. Brearley’s account of his discovery in his autobiography, Knotted String (1941) alleged that Firth’s were slow to exploit stainless steel and intent on....
