A company profile in Quality (March 1957) – presumably derived from the Ibbersons – stated that it was founded in 1700, or even earlier. Certainly, Ibberson was a long-established name in Sheffield cutlery. In the records of the Company of Cutlers the first mention of an Ibberson was in 1666 (the year of the Great Fire of London), when William Ibberson, son of George, Stannington, turner, was apprenticed to George Marriott, Stannington. George was granted his Freedom in 1673. The family ap....