Bruce Wilcock & Son Forgings

Culter's Hammer

Price: £60.00

History of Blademaking - photographs courtesy of Sheffield Museum.

From the 1700s, Sheffield England, was the centre of cutlery blade making. Now these items are mass-produced and the traditional cutlery making industry is no more.

The cutlery trade was very much hands-on work in those days, with little or no machinery and everything hand forged. The cutler's hammer was the ideal tool for the job, evolving over the years into a highly specialised tool.

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Bruce Wilcock and Son Forgings
The Smithy, Hillswick, Shetland, ZE2 9RW
Tel 07796 214 154 E-mail: sales@brucewilcockforgings.com

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