Joseph Rodgers
Joseph Rodgers, Sheffield Silvermaker
Joseph Rodgers and Co.
Joseph Rodgers and Sons
Famous cutlery makers located in Norfolk street, Sheffield. Cutlers to The Royal Family in 1821.
Originally a pocket knife maker Joseph Rodgers and his son's product range broadened into razors, table cutlery and scissors. Two famous knives of theirs were the Year Knife and the Norfolk Knife. The Year Knife was commenced in 1822 with a new blade being added for each year of the Christian era (the knife now contains two thousand blades). The Norfolk Knife, made for The Great Exhibition of 1851, took two years to complete and features blades with etchings of Queen Victoria, Chatsworth House and The White House amongst others. Both of these are now proudly on display in Sheffield. The Year Knife is in The Kelham Island Industrial Museum and The Norfolk Knife is in The Cutlers Hall in the city centre.














































