Thread: A. Ibberson Backsaw

Answering your own questions is one of the signs of maddness. So what else is new...

Some googling revealed that Ibberson's were cutlers from about 1700 and the brand name still exists in the knife world:

Googling showed:

This is one of many films by a local amateur filmmaker, “Billy” Ibberson, made over a period of sixty years.#Born in 1902, William Ibberson was the son of a wealthy Sheffield steel maker, George Ibberson.#The Ibbersons owned a company going back to the seventeenth century, and which became the first company to manufacture stainless steel cutlery: George Ibberson & Co., Violin Cutlery & Plate Works, 112-116 Rockingham Street.#It still exists today (June 2009) as part of the Egginton Group of Companies.
Yorkshire Film Archive Online

Established in 1700, Ibbersons were the first company to manufacture stainless steel cutlery. Today we manufacture an extensive range of pocket knives in our Sheffield factory.
Sheffield knives and sharpening steels - Egginton, Wostenholm, Joseph Rodgers, Ibberson

There is a section on this company in Geoffrey Tweedale's The Sheffield Knife Book, but it suggests that the founder in 1700 was Joseph IBBERSON.

Tweedale then says "...apparently the Ibbersons had long before been producing cutlery in a small way." He mentions that the name IBBERSON first appears in the records of the Cutlery Compnay in 1666 when William son of George was granted his 'freedom' (became an accredited member with his own mark).

All the other information is about later activities. Joseph, son of the founder Joseph was Master Cutler in 1759.
George Ibberson Ltd Family History Local History

Regards

Tim

Hi Tim,

A. Ibberson is not a known saw maker, any chance of a picture of the mark?

I generally only have London and Sheffield saw makers, so one from Manchester would be nice to find.


Regards
Ray