Round Yorkshire With A Knife: A Visit To The Famous Sheffield Shop

As always I enjoyed reading of your travels. Regardless the weather what a great time that must have been. Thanks for sharing it with us here.

Chris
 
What a delicious display of knives! Paul Iseard is to be commended for his passion, and his efforts to keep the soul of Sheffield alive.
Thanks for bringing us a little glimpse of knife heaven, Jack!:thumbup:
I for one, feel uplifted and elated!:)
 
Thanks Chris and Charlie :) :thumbup:

Charlie, that's where your buffalo horn Ettrick came from :thumbup:
 
The top row of this pic melted the snow right off my beard as my pulse
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thanks for another tour Jack


Pete
 
Nice story and pics jack :thumbup: . I did have a trip their a couple of months back on Sunday its was closed :eek: my bad . I must make the time to go and visit the shop .and your pics gives me a glimpse of what I can expect thanks mate :) it wasn't a wasted day though . about a mile up the the road was museum . it was and old iron foundry set up as it was back in the day . and I pick up a nice Barlow for T.W ABLETT .
 
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Thanks for the kind words guys :thumbup:

Stich2442 said:
The top row of this pic melted the snow right off my beard as my pulse
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:D :thumbup:

Paul does seem to get the cream of the crop from the local manufacturers. After a recent disappointment with the stag on an Arthur Wright knife I was gifted, I was somewhat envious of the stag on the knives Paul had from the firm.

R.c.s said:
Nice story and pics jack :thumbup: . I did have a trip their a couple of months back on Sunday its was closed :eek: my bad . I must make the time to go and visit the shop .and your pics gives me a glimpse of what I can expect thanks mate :) it wasn't a wasted day though . about a mile up the the road was museum . it was and old iron foundry set up as it was back in the day . and I pick up a nice Barlow for T.W ABLETT .
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Cheers mate. Yes, the Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet Museum has just been re-vamped and re-opened. I did a thread (before the re-vamp) about it here: http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/1105366-A-Visit-To-Abbeydale-Industrial-Hamlet Hope you enjoyed your visit and I'm glad your trip to Sheffield wasn't wasted. That's a nice Ablett :thumbup: I got one from there myself, I was very lucky as the museum had only just recently re-opened and they hadn't put the prices up from before it closed! :)

 
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Great thread Jack:thumbup: always interesting and informative...I'm like you and could've stayed all day;)
 
Jack Black said:
Thanks for the kind words guys :thumbup:



:D :thumbup:

Paul does seem to get the cream of the crop from the local manufacturers. After a recent disappointment with the stag on an Arthur Wright knife I was gifted, I was somewhat envious of the stag on the knives Paul had from the firm.



Cheers mate. Yes, the Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet Museum has just been re-vamped and re-opened. I did a thread (before the re-vamp) about it here: http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/1105366-A-Visit-To-Abbeydale-Industrial-Hamlet Hope you enjoyed your visit and I'm glad your trip to Sheffield wasn't wasted. That's a nice Ablett :thumbup: I got one from there myself, I was very lucky as the museum had only just recently re-opened and they hadn't put the prices up from before it closed! :)

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Hi jack . your right that's the place . I tuck a look of the pics you posted and its how I remember it . so it must of been more than a couple of mouths back ( o how time fly's ) :) . I must take a trip back now its been revamped . it was a very interesting place and a nice day out :thumbup:
 
A super read Jack! Thanks for taking the time to post that, it's great to see there's life in the Sheffield veins yet! :D
 
R.c.s said:
Hi jack . your right that's the place . I tuck a look of the pics you posted and its how I remember it . so it must of been more than a couple of mouths back ( o how time fly's ) :) . I must take a trip back now its been revamped . it was a very interesting place and a nice day out :thumbup:
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It's been revamped, but they're charging admission now! :D

pmew said:
A super read Jack! Thanks for taking the time to post that, it's great to see there's life in the Sheffield veins yet! :D
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Thanks Paul, the shop is just across the road from where your Grandad used to live :)
 
Thanks for sharing your visit, Jack. That's quite a shop!
 
Peregrin said:
Thanks for sharing your visit, Jack. That's quite a shop!
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Thanks Gary, yeah, I think they'd have a job getting us all out of there! :D I visited a while back with my daughter - she had a lot of fun! :eek: :D
 
This is exactly the kind of thing I love about your posts Jack, they are always interesting, have great photos, and amazing knives.:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup: The ‘The Famous Sheffield Shop’ is on my bucket list of places to visit and I am glad you found someone in Sheffield that loves knives as much as you do. I really hope Paul Iseard does post here in the future. :D
 
Thanks a lot Dave, I hope that we get a chance to visit together one day :thumbup:
 
Thanks for taking me along on your trip Jack. :thumbup:

Jack Black said:
When I was a boy, you didn’t have to look far to find a pocket-knife in Sheffield. Virtually every newsagent’s shop had one or more colourful card displays hanging up next to the plastic combs and razor-blades, with elastic bands holding Richards clamshell knives. If you wanted something better, there was no shortage of small cutlery shops, with window displays for a lad to drool over. Knives of all types could be found almost everywhere in the city, I remember a cobbler’s shop which sold a great selection of Bowie knives for example, and every tobacconist, hardware store, fishing-tackle shop, and men’s outfitters sold pocket-knives.

Today, things have changed a lot, and a visitor to the city whose name graced millions of pocket-knives, will be hard pushed to find so much as a penknife for sale, unless they know where to look.
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Change is inevitable, but this makes me sad.
 
Jack Black said:
Thanks Phil, it's a cracker isn't it? I wonder if the pattern has a name, and what it was mainly used for?
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The handle shape and what looks like a convex grind lead me to think it's some sort of outdoors knife? Heavy duty machete or something, maybe?
 
Jack Black said:
Thanks Chris and Charlie :) :thumbup:

Charlie, that's where your buffalo horn Ettrick came from :thumbup:
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And I am ever grateful that a man with a good eye selected it for me! When you can't be there, that's what good friends are for!
Always ready to return the favor, Jack!!:thumbup:
 
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