Flayderman (2004)¹ shows a striking acid-etched spear-point Bowie knife, with the motto ‘Draw Me Not Without Occasion – Sheath Me Not Without Honour’.  It is marked ‘Geo’e Rodgers, 150 Broad Lane’.  In 1841, George Rodgers was a 35 year-old pen knife manufacturer, living with his wife Mary in Broad Lane.  The firm was described as ‘late’ Rodgers & Linley (see Rodgers & Smith).  In 1849, George Rodgers was listed as a spring knife and razor manufacturer in Edward Street, with a house in Broad Lane.  Business seems to have been good in 1853, when he advertised for Bowie knife hands (Sheffield Independent, 14 May 1853).  In 1854, Broad Lane was both George Rodgers’ work and home address.   The last listing at Broad Lane was in 1856, though further sightings of George Rodgers (probably the same cutler) can be had in the directories of 1860 (Chester Street) and 1863 (Edward Street).   The Liverpool Mercury, 30 April 1863, noted the bankruptcy of George Rodgers, the razor manufacturer.  However, we have no way of positively identifying him as yet.   

^1. Flayderman, Norm, The Bowie Knife: Unsheathing an American Legend (Woonsocket, RI, 2004)