April 5, 2024
Original 1848 IXL George Wostenholm Son Washington Works Sheffield Dagger Knife
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GEORGE WOSTENHOLM 1800-1876The third George Wostenholm (b1800) served his apprenticeship under his father at Rockingham Works. The first entry in The Sheffield City Directory (which incorrectly spells the name!) confirming the father and son partnership comes from 1825; "WOLSTENHOLME, GEORGE & SON, manufacturers of table knives and forks, pen, pocket and sportsman's knives, and general dealers in cutlery, 78 Rockingham Street"In 1834, following is father's death, the third George Wostenholm took the company reins. Although the company had achieved considerable success under his father, it was the third George that catapulted Wostenholms to the head of Sheffield knife making. He was an incredibly astute and fiercely determined businessman.WOSTENHOLM AND THE USAWostenholms were selling knives to America as early as 1830 through a partnership with a William Stenton. George's sales trips to America began soon after, and subsequently he established offices from New York across to San Fransisco through which he could service growing demand for his craftsmen made I*XL knives. George himself is reported to have made a great many visits to America at a time when trans-Atlantic passage would have been arduous to say the least.WASHINGTON WORKSThe company, driven by George's domination of the American market, expanded rapidly such that it was
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