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Read Isaac Read & Sons -
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Renshaw Thomas Renshaw & Son -
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Revitt William Revitt -
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Reynolds Frederick Reynolds (Cutlers Sheffield) Ltd -
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Rhoden Sutherland & Rhoden Ltd -
Rhodes Ebenezer Rhodes & Company -
Richards Richards of Sheffield Ltd -
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Richartz Gebruder, Richartz & Soehne -
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Ripon J. Mortimer Ripon -
Roberts Roberts & Doré Ltd -
Roberts Roberts & Belk Ltd -
Roberts Roberts & Mettam -
Roberts Roberts, Cadman & Company -
Roberts C. L. Roberts & Company -
Roberts Roberts, Doré & Hall (Sheffield) Ltd -
Roberts E. A. & H. G. Roberts -
Roberts John Roberts & Sons -
Roberts Roberts & Staniforth -
Roberts Wilkinson Roberts & Co -
Roberts William Henry Roberts -
Robinson Robinson & Oates -
Robinson Herbert Robinson & Company (Cutlers) Ltd -
Robinson W. H. Robinson -
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Rockingham Rockingham Plate Ltd -
Rodgers Joseph Rodgers & Sons Ltd -
Rodgers Unwin & Rodgers Ltd -
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Rodgers R. Rodgers & Son Ltd -
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Rogers Stanley Rogers & Son Ltd -
Rogers Henry Rogers Sons & Company Ltd -
Rogerson Rogerson Brothers -
Rollisson Dickinson & Rollisson -
Rookhill E Rookhill Cutlery Works -
Rose Lewis, Rose & Company Ltd -
Rotheram Anthony Rotheram -
Round John Round & Son Ltd -
Rowbotham Wingfield, Rowbotham & Company -
Rowbotham H. Rowbotham & Company (Sheffield) Ltd -
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Ryals James Ryals & Company Ltd
John Roberts & Sons
A pen and pocket knife manufacturer, John Roberts was born in Sheffield in about 1800. A cutler of that name was based in Norfolk lane in 1825, though he can be more positively identified after 1828 in Broad Lane. Besides pen knives, he also manufactured Spanish knives (daggers) and push-button automatic (switchblade) knives (Punchard & Fuller, 2012). In the Census (1841), he was enumerated in Siddall Street, living with his wife Mary Ann and their family, besides an apprentice. In 1851, he res....
