Ted Osborne was born in Sheffield on 25 April 1893, the son of Frederick, a spring-knife cutler, and his wife, Annie. He left school aged 12 and, with a break for Army service in First World War, he was to make knives for fifty-four years. Later in his career he worked for George Ibberson, becoming their senior craftsman between the Wars and into the 1950s. Osborne designed many of the Ibberson patterns. His son, Harold, recalled Ted’s working habits: one of my earliest memories is o....