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Anyone ever heard of Beyer Bros. Sheffield?

Maker? Retailer?

Not listed in Goins.

Just curious.

Charlie Noyes

Sorry all my books are still packed from the last move or I would try to help.

PM sent

Charlie

Tweedale's Directory of Sheffield Cutlery Manufacturers does not have a listing for them.
Dan

Looked through all of my books and ... nothing. Sorry.

Randy

Interesting, as there is one on Ebay.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/191485722317?_t ... EBIDX%3AIT

Charlie Noyes

Looks like an honest old knife. I couldn't find anything in any of my reference books, but did find a post in iknifecollector forum from last September where someone else was asking for info on this maker. If I knew how to cut and paste on this *#%+* iPad I would post the link to it. No one on that forum was able to provide any info so about all you can assume from it is more of their knives exist.

Ken

From iKnifeCollector.com, September, 2014.

http://iknifecollector.com/forum/topics ... e=activity

The reference to an old Ebay auction for a sleeveboard knife might be referring to the same knife that's listed now.

It's an obscure stamp for sure.

Charlie Noyes

Geoffrey Tweedale doesn't have any information on them and neither does anyone else I can find. It may have been a VERY short lived endeavour. There was a lot of competition in Sheffield and if they bought their first batch of materials and didn't turn a profit that was the end of it if they ran out of capital. Has anyone found any other knives besides this one?

I did find that beyers bros took out patents in great britton. the year was 1875. It was for a better soap squeezer. What that is I have no idea.

Maybe someone should think about buying that knife......................

On a cautionary note; How high is the possibility that the knife was made in Germany and fraudulently stamped with an English sounding mark to take advantage of Sheffield cutlery's popularity?

Charlie Noyes

I had thought maybe that too Charlie,although it still remains an obscure mark irregardless.

This discussion has, I think, gotten to the point that we should have some photos of this circa 1870's knife from a company of which, apparently, no known knife historian has ever heard.

It's relatively small knife at 3 1/2".

Here are the auction photos:

Charlie Noyes

Charlie, if those are steel pivot pins it's most likely German manufactured.

Eric

Eric, I noticed the pins when I posted the photos and I agree it's suggestive, but not definitive.

Charlie