R & S | R. & S. Ltd |
R H & J P | R. H. & J. P. |
Rabjohn | Elijah Rabjohn / Thomas Rabjohn |
Radcliffe | John Radcliffe & Co |
Ragg | Granton Ragg Ltd |
Ragg | John & William Ragg |
Ramsden | Benjamin Woolhouse Ramsden |
Ramsden | William Ramsden & Company |
Randall | Randall & Company |
Rawlins | George Rawlins |
Rawson | Rawson Brothers (Cutlers) Ltd |
Rayner | William Rayner & Company |
Raynes | Thomas Raynes & Son Ltd |
Read | Isaac Read & Sons |
Reaney | John Eadon Reaney |
REDGE | REDGE |
Regalia | Regalia |
Regent | Regent Sheffield Ltd |
Reid | Reid & Sons Ltd |
Renown | Renown Cutlery Co |
Renshaw | Thomas Renshaw & Son |
Renton | George Renton |
Requisites | British Table Requisites |
Reuss | Reuss & Company |
Revitt | Frank Revitt |
Revitt | Revitt & Hull |
Revitt | William Revitt |
Reynolds | A. Reynolds |
Reynolds | Frederick Reynolds (Cutlers Sheffield) Ltd |
Reynolds | Herbert Reynolds |
Rhoden | Sutherland & Rhoden Ltd |
Rhodes | Ebenezer Rhodes & Company |
Richards | Richards of Sheffield Ltd |
Richardson | Richard Richardson Ltd |
Richardson | Richardson & Binney Ltd |
Richardson | Richardson Sheffield Ltd |
Richardson | Southern & Richardson Ltd |
Richardson | Westall Richardson Ltd |
Richartz | Gebrüder, Richartz & Söhne |
Richmond | Dearden & Richmond |
Ringrose | Jenkins & Ringrose |
Ripper | The Ripper |
Rippon | A. Rippon |
Rippon | W. Rippon & Sons |
Rivelin | Rivelin & Porter |
Roberts | C. L. Roberts & Company |
Roberts | E. A. & H. G. Roberts |
Roberts | John Roberts & Sons |
Roberts | Roberts & Belk Ltd |
Roberts | Roberts & Doré Ltd |
Roberts | Roberts & Mettam |
Roberts | Roberts & Staniforth |
Roberts | Roberts, Cadman & Company |
Roberts | Roberts, Doré & Hall (Sheffield) Ltd |
Roberts | Wilkinson Roberts & Co |
Roberts | William Henry Roberts |
Robinson | Herbert Robinson & Company (Cutlers) Ltd |
Robinson | Robinson & Oates |
Robinson | W. H. Robinson |
Robinson | W. Robinson |
Rockingham | Rockingham Plate Ltd |
Rodgers | C. W. Rodgers |
Rodgers | George Rodgers & Company |
Rodgers | John Rodgers & Sons |
Rodgers | Joseph Rodgers & Sons Ltd |
Rodgers | Joseph Rodgers, Clun Street |
Rodgers | R. Rodgers & Son Ltd |
Rodgers | Richard Rodgers & Son |
Rodgers | Rodgers |
Rodgers | Rodgers Brothers |
Rodgers | Unwin & Rodgers Ltd |
Rodgers | William Rodgers |
Rogers | Henry Rogers Sons & Company Ltd |
Rogers | Stanley Rogers & Son Ltd |
Rogerson | Rogerson Brothers |
Rollisson | Dickinson & Rollisson |
Romain | Romain & Son |
Rose | Lewis, Rose & Company Ltd |
Rosebrand | Rosebrand |
Rotheram | Anthony Rotheram |
Round | John Round & Son Ltd |
Rowbotham | H. Rowbotham & Company (Sheffield) Ltd |
Rowbotham | Wingfield Rowbotham |
Rowbotham | Wingfield, Rowbotham & Company |
Rowe | Mottershaw & Rowe Ltd |
Rowland | Sleigh Rowland |
Rowland | T. G. Rowland |
Royle | Thomas Royle |
Royse | Royse Brothers Ltd |
Russell | Buxton & Russell / E. J. Buxton & Company |
Russell | Russell Bradley & Company Ltd |
Rustless | Rustless Cutlery Co |
Rustless | The Stainless & Rustless Steel Company Ltd |
Rutland | Rutland Cutlery Company Ltd |
Ryalls | John Ryalls & Sons |
Ryalls | Ryalls & Cooke |
Ryalls | Ryalls & Heathcote |
Ryalls | Ryalls & Lamb |
Ryalls | Ryalls, Turner & Company Ltd |
Ryalls | W. & E. Ryalls |
Ryals | James Ryals & Company Ltd |
Ryals | Ryals Brothers |
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....