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Richmond Dearden & Richmond -
Rollisson Dickinson & Rollisson -
Richartz Gebruder, Richartz & Soehne -
Ragg Granton Ragg Ltd -
Ringrose Jenkins & Ringrose -
Rose Lewis, Rose & Company Ltd -
Rowe Mottershaw & Rowe Ltd -
R & S R & S Ltd -
R H & J P R H & J P -
Rabjohn Elijah Rabjohn / Thomas Rabjohn -
Radcliffe John Radcliffe & Co -
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 Ltd -
Read Isaac Read & Sons -
Reaney John Eadon Reaney -
Renown Renown Cutlery Co -
Renshaw Thomas Renshaw & Son -
Renton George Renton -
Reuss Reuss & Company -
Revitt Frank Revitt -
Revitt William Revitt -
Revitt Revitt & Hull -
Reynolds A. Reynolds -
Reynolds Frederick Reynolds (Cutlers Sheffield) Ltd -
Reynolds Herbert Reynolds -
Rhodes Ebenezer Rhodes & Company -
Richards Richards of Sheffield Ltd -
Richardson Richard Richardson -
Richardson Westall Richardson Ltd -
Richardson Richardson & Binney Ltd -
Ripon J. Mortimer Ripon -
Roberts C. L. Roberts & Company -
Roberts E. A. & H. G. Roberts -
Roberts John Roberts & Sons -
Roberts William Henry Roberts -
Roberts Roberts & Belk Ltd -
Roberts Roberts, Cadman & Company -
Roberts Roberts & Doré Ltd -
Roberts Roberts, Doré & Hall (Sheffield) Ltd -
Roberts Roberts & Mettam -
Roberts Roberts & Staniforth -
Robinson Herbert Robinson & Company (Cutlers) Ltd -
Robinson W Robinson -
Robinson W. H. Robinson -
Robinson Robinson & Oates -
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 William Rodgers -
Rogers Henry Rogers Sons & Company Ltd -
Rogers Stanley Rogers & Son Ltd -
Rogerson Rogerson Brothers -
Romain Romain & Son -
Rotheram Anthony Rotheram -
Round John Round & Son Ltd -
Rowbotham H. Rowbotham & Company (Sheffield) Ltd -
Rowbotham Wingfield Rowbotham -
Rowland Sleigh Rowland -
Rowland T. G. Rowland -
Royle Thomas Royle -
Royse Royse Brothers Ltd -
Rushworth Rushworths -
Russell Russell Bradley & Company Ltd -
Rutland Rutland Cutlery Company Ltd -
Ryalls John Ryalls & Sons -
Ryalls W & E Ryalls -
Ryalls Ryalls & Cooke -
Ryalls Ryalls & Heathcote -
Ryalls Ryalls & Lamb -
Ryalls Ryalls, Turner & Company Ltd -
Ryals James Ryals & Company Ltd -
Ryals Ryals Brothers -
Richardson Southern & Richardson Ltd -
Rustless The Stainless & Rustless Steel Company Ltd -
Rhoden Sutherland & Rhoden Ltd -
Rodgers Unwin & Rodgers Ltd -
Roberts Wilkinson Roberts & Co -
Rowbotham Wingfield, Rowbotham & Company
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....
