Luke Firth
In 1841, Luke Firth was a pen-blade grinder in Hanover Street. In 1845, he was making spring knives and operating a beer house in Scargill Croft. He was listed solely as a spring knife manufacturer in Silver Street in 1849. By 1851, he had moved to Broad Lane and employed seven men. In 1867, his cutlery – alongside those of Butcher, Rodgers, Frederick Ward – was distributed by E. Robbins & Bradley in Memphis, Tennessee. According to Goins (1998)1, the knives were mark....
