The film features George Watts (forger), Joe Murray (grinder) and Fred James & Sandy Lowe (cutlers/hafters). The quality of the sound commentary is poor but the film provides an interesting snapshot of the trades involved in producing a quality Sheffield knife.
The film is one of a series filmed in the mid-1960s. Ken 'acquired' a copy of the film from his contacts at the time. By then he was acutely aware that he was witnessing the disappearance of a wide range of craft skills on which Sheffield's reputation had been built over the two previous centuries.
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