Charles Heald (1863-1949) was born in Sheffield, the son of Henry (a razor scale presser), and Elizabeth.  Henry died in 1869.  By 1901, Charles was a cutlery manufacturer at Bridge Street Works, where Henry Platts had operated.  Heald acquired Platt’s mark (‘CLIMAX’) and his foundation date (1853).  By 1911, Heald was a table knife manufacturer at Westhill Lane, off Eldon Street.  He was joined by his son, Hubert Heald (1895-1948), and by the mid-1920s Charles Heald & Son operated from Climax Cutlery Works, Westhill Lane.  ‘Heald’s Monthly Broadcast’ was issued to publicise the virtues of ‘CLIMAX’ stainless cutlery.  The firm was not listed by the end of the 1930s.  Charles Heald, South View Road, died on 27 November 1949, aged 86.  His unconsecrated burial was at City Road.   He left £630.  Hubert had died on 16 January 1948.  Probate (£13,855) was granted to his widow, Beatrice (his second wife, who died in 1949) and son, Hubert Haydn Heald (1920-1986).  In the 1950s, Hubert H. Heald operated Crusade (Cutlery) Ltd.