Does anyone know the whereabouts of The Millenium Knife?
I saw it years ago in the museum at Weston Park.
Is it still there or what?

can you be a bit more specific?

Google does not recognise sheffield "millenium knife"

Do you have a picture?

Who made it?

Why would it not be there?


It is probably the big one in the Millenium Galleries! Lots of blades, like a Swiss Army Knife?

The big multi bladed knife, do you mean
The Norfolk Knife.

i always knew it as the sheffield year knife
i think it was made bt richards of sheffield,who i believe was taken over by an american company.

it used to be on display in their foyer,then at the cutlers hall and often at weston park museum

every year it had a new blade added to it, cant say where it is now, but hope it is still in sheffield

Isn't Google a wonderful thing?

It found a website with a picture of the knife, credited to Stanley Tools - all in Czechoslovakian!

http://www.parfilex.cz/noze/shef/shef.htm

come to think of it it was stanleys,at norfolk bridge,

i used to see it throufgh their window when i passed

Is it in the millenium back?

could be on display at the cutlers hall it was for a while

Thought it was in Kelham Island Musuem.

If you want to go and see it I think* it's free entry next saturday.



*Dont hold me to that...

I saw it last year in the Cutlers Hall.

Originally posted by retep
The big multi bladed knife, do you mean
The Norfolk Knife,
already put on this site by Strix, use search.
No point in 'searching' through my posts :blush:
And I didn't mention it was the Norfolk knife, so: Here it is (http://www.picturesheffield.com/cgi-bin/picturesheffield.pl?_cgifunction=form&_layout=picturesheffield&keyval=sheff.id=6926)

Which is entireley different to this one:

Originally posted by MrH
Isn't Google a wonderful thing?

It found a website with a picture of the knife, credited to Stanley Tools - all in Czechoslovakian!

http://www.parfilex.cz/noze/shef/shef.htm

This is a better photo and description courtesy of one of my ex work colleagues.

http://photobucket.com/albums/f331/bondy0_5/

It should still be at the Cuters Hall as far as I am aware..

try with the correct spelling of Millennium.

hope that helps

I think it is in the Millennium Galleries? I know I have seen it somewhere recently!

I think it is in the Millennium Galleries? I know I have seen it somewhere recently!

It is in there!

I go through there everyday and ive seen it in a display cabinet!

We still use the knife my wife bought for bottom draw in1949 now thats half a mill" does that count,I wonder if lifetime warrante is still good.

There are two famous knives, the first being the year knife, and the second is the norfolk knife, both of them were made by Joseph Rodgers & Co. (NOT ANY OTHER COMPANY!)

The year knife was named because it had a blade for every year.

The Norfolk knife, which is the nicest looking of the two (see the hunting scenes depicted on the scale) was, and probably still is one of the finest works of art ever made by skilled cutlers.

I know that at various times they are on display at Kelham Island Industrial Museum, but a phone call to them will be wise prior to visiting.

They are very nice but where's the bottle opener and the thing for getting stones out of horses hoofs?

WELL SAID OWDLAD-it was joseph rodgers that made the knives, according to 'stan shaw, master cutler' isbn 1-874718-20-2 the year knife was made in the year 1822.

stan shaw was one of the last 'little mesters' to still produce knives by hand
he was born on the second of december, 1926,being 80 years old, i don't think he will still be producing his knives (i'm not even sure that he's still alive:( ), but i know it's very skilled work to produce knives of this quality by hand.

sadly, i believe the skill has died out now due to mass produced goods:(

regards,john.

WELL SAID OWDLAD-it was joseph rodgers that made the knives, according to 'stan shaw, master cutler' isbn 1-874718-20-2 the year knife was made in the year 1822.

stan shaw was one of the last 'little mesters' to still produce knives by hand
he was born on the second of december, 1926,being 80 years old, i don't think he will still be producing his knives (i'm not even sure that he's still alive:( ), but i know it's very skilled work to produce knives of this quality by hand.

sadly, i believe the skill has died out now due to mass produced goods:(

regards,john.
When I read your post the name Stan shaw rang a bell with me. Then it twigged. Back in 1974, when I was 5, I was pictured in the morning telegraph for winning an art competition. I had the cut out from the newspaper which my mum had kept for me. On the back of the cut out is a piece about Stan shaw. There is a picture of him and under it says "never a moment's boredom". The article dated Monday Feb 18 1974 was titled 'Stan-Whose initials may be on your blade'. The artical states that Stan joined Ibberson and Co as a 14 year old apprentice. Stan would initial the knives he made. It's a great article (well part of one as I haven't got it all). I never knew that he became Master Cutler. Incidently, I'm pictured with the Mistress Cutler of the time Mrs Lewis. Memories memories. Thanks Biggsy

WELL SAID OWDLAD-it was joseph rodgers that made the knives, according to 'stan shaw, master cutler' isbn 1-874718-20-2 the year knife was made in the year 1822.

stan shaw was one of the last 'little mesters' to still produce knives by hand
he was born on the second of december, 1926,being 80 years old, i don't think he will still be producing his knives (i'm not even sure that he's still alive:( ), but i know it's very skilled work to produce knives of this quality by hand.

sadly, i believe the skill has died out now due to mass produced goods:(

regards,john.

Another man who put blades into the year knife was Fred Barber, he was works manager at Joseph Rodgers & Co, another very skilled man who if he is still alive must be almost into three figures.

lemmy
i don't think he was the master cutler of sheffield, but a master of his trade which was the cutlery trade, but i may be wrong as i haven't finished reading his book yet.

btw, the book now stinks of custard very strongly as i had it in my workbag (reading it in my breaks)and the tupperware dish that i had my half moon lemon cake & custard in came undone-result, everything smells of custard even though everything has been washes/wiped down:gag:

john.