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Beautiful barlow, Jack. I don't pick knives randomly, but I enjoy this thread.A lucky grab this morning!I get to carry this much-loved, but recently neglected Lick Creek TC #14 Barlow today
Thanks Barrett! That Buck is a smooth and dressy looking knife!
Thanks Barrett, I was just admiring your Buck in the EDC thread, not sure I've ever seen one before
It's a beaut.
Beehive works, were they some sort of tool makers?My fumbling hand found out this old TEW 4" Sheepsfoot today , which I haven't carried in a long time. It's sharp now, but some fool made a real mess of the edge unfortunately
Some history there mate.'Beehive Works' seems to have been a quite commonly used name. The Beehive Works on Milton Street, Sheffield is next to the old Taylor's Eye Witness Works, and was also built as a cutlery factory. There was still a feller doing specialist HT there until relatively recent times
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beehive_Works
Some history there mate.
They're probably busy making it into yuppie apartments 
Some more pics of some of the remaining Sheffield factories (or at least ones that were still there when I took the pics) here 
We’ve got several older buildings here that have been converted into yuppie apartments and town homes. I guess it’s better than the building sitting empty and suffering from neglect. I personally had rather see them filled once again with thriving factories and businesses. 
A wishful thinking name for the drones and queens of management.
Nice photos Jack!
I randomly picked a knife drawer this morning to choose a knife. This Northfield Stag #26 convinced me to choose it!
Lucky random pick today my friend, that #26 is a beauty Dad's little Colonial came up.
A wishful thinking name for the drones and queens of management.
Thanks pal!I feel just the same Ron
'Beehive Works' seems to have been a quite commonly used name. The Beehive Works on Milton Street, Sheffield is next to the old Taylor's Eye Witness Works, and was also built as a cutlery factory. There was still a feller doing specialist HT there until relatively recent times
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beehive_Works
It is just a common occurrence across the world now, and once your history is destroyed and pulled down it is gone forever.
Fantastic photo's, sadly the demise of these old buildings is a world wide problem, some of the great car and manufacturing cities of America are classic examples, they are ghetto's. We have the same problem here, but at least we have saved some of our inner suburbs old manufacturing sites. We had a company called Foy and Gibson, they had a huge site in Collingwood a inner suburb about 3 miles from the heart of Melbourne, and employed over 1000 people. There were tanning sections, engineering sections, sewing rooms, you get the picture.That has been saved and turned into apartments, the young people who live there have no idea of the historical significance, but at least the building is still there in some form. With every changing of the guard, things change, and i would rather see these old buildings, preserved and modernized rather than completely destroyed and replaced with a mono-culture of construction that all look the same, not my preference, but that is progress.Yes indeed
. Jack, in the sixties our government and local councils went on a rebuilding program, they employed a company called Whelan the wrecker, you could see there company bolards on every site where they were demolishing a building. I was a kid, and dad used to take me for drives to see the big swinging wrecking ball at work. It was big, loud and ground shaking and i loved it, but it was just complete vandalism in hindsight, but i was a kid and did not know any better. Some sites were saved after public outcry, but not many, i am passionate about history, and hate seeing it destroyed and forgotten. That is my rant for the day, Jack thanks for the photo's, really interesting. You have a good day mate.
It is just a common occurrence across the world now, and once your history is destroyed and pulled down it is gone forever.
Fantastic photo's, sadly the demise of these old buildings is a world wide problem, some of the great car and manufacturing cities of America are classic examples, they are ghetto's. We have the same problem here, but at least we have saved some of our inner suburbs old manufacturing sites. We had a company called Foy and Gibson, they had a huge site in Collingwood a inner suburb about 3 miles from the heart of Melbourne, and employed over 1000 people. There were tanning sections, engineering sections, sewing rooms, you get the picture.That has been saved and turned into apartments, the young people who live there have no idea of the historical significance, but at least the building is still there in some form. With every changing of the guard, things change, and i would rather see these old buildings, preserved and modernized rather than completely destroyed and replaced with a mono-culture of construction that all look the same, not my preference, but that is progress.
PS - We had a company here that was one of the most significant in our history, cannot even see where it existed. That is for another day.
I think a lot of history was destroyed everywhere in the 60's, people wanted rid of the old pre-WW2 buildings, concrete was fashionable, folks wanted 'new' and 'modern', and there were some terrible architectural ideas around. You see it a lot in Sheffield, with a city centre which was ruined by the Luftwaffe, and rebuilt by idiots. All I remember as a kid is bomb sites, ruined buildings, demolition, and the construction of ugly buildings, which often only lasted a few years. Sheffield is far from a pretty city, and there is no trace at all of the great cutlery houses of Joseph Rodgers and George Wostenholm 
Fortunately nobody was hurt, but it probably put them off their chips! 
Jack that's a nice 1980 Case Peanut you have there. i'v always carried a Peanut but lately i moved up to the Pen, old hands longer handle. i usually have a Peanut close by though.Very sad
Sorry for the slow reply mate
When I first left school I worked for the city council, and would have to go to building sites to work on the bulldozers, JCBs, etc. One feller, who had had a few beers at lunchtime managed to put the wrecking ball right through the wall of a fish and chip shop!
Fate thrust a Case Peanut into my hand today
