Thomas Walburn Cork (1891-1965) was born in Sheffield, the son of Charles Daws Cork, a silk dealer and later shop keeper, and his wife, Ellen.  After apprenticeship at R. F. Mosley, Thomas began in 1919 at Hollis Croft as a specialist in stainless knives (marked ‘RAZOR EDGE STAINLESS’).  Cork’s was later based at Sykes Works, Eyre Street; and then by the late 1930s at Albert Works, Sidney Street.  Cork’s Festival of Britain  exhibit (1951) of table cutlery (including fish eaters and carving knives) is now displayed in Cutlers’ Hall.  By 1963, Cork’s was a limited company.  Thomas died suddenly at his home in Meadow Head on 22 July 1965, aged 73, leaving £5,963.  He had also been a director of Arthur Green Ltd, ironfounders.  In 1976, when the chairman was Thomas’s son, Eric (1915-2002), the firm was wound up.  However, the name reappeared at Griffin Works, Arundel Street.  In the 1980s, the assets were acquired by William Grant to form Grant & Cork (Sheffield) Ltd, Granton Works, 198 Arundel Street.  A collection of Cork’s stylish and innovative cutlery was donated to Museums Sheffield in 2015 by a Bristol cutlery retailer.