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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 -
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 -
Ripon J. Mortimer Ripon -
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 Robinson -
Robinson W. H. 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 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 -
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 -
Rushworth Rushworths -
Russell Buxton & Russell / E. J. Buxton & Company -
Russell Russell Bradley & Company Ltd -
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
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....
