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<p>[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 250591, member: 44"]I don't know if this is the same, but there was a James Macklin & Son, a cutler company, in Salisbury, England from 1880 to c1915. The company is mentioned in the following publication/paper titled <i>Blade's Guides to Knives and their Value,</i> "Section II: Folding Knives," "Salisbury Cutlers," p. 124 (p. 125 as actual file page on scrolling through the pages).</p><p><br /></p><p>"In 1895, Salisbury still offered high-grade cutlery. The leading firm at the time was James Macklin and Son. However, “by the end of the 19th century[,] the Salisbury cutlery industry was in a sad state of decline. Many of the cutlers were importing Sheffield pieces. Robert Macklin, who was first apprenticed [to] and then took over the Botlys’ business in Catherine Street in 1880, had two cutlers still working for him in 1896. Macklin became Mayor during the Great War [1914 - 1918], and was knighted ... The last working cutler, however, was Henry Neesham, who continued to work until his death in March 1914, aged 88.”</p><p><br /></p><p>His name is listed in the chart at the bottom of the page.</p><p>"James Macklin, 7 Catherine Street, 1880-1915"</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a *.pdf formatted file:</p><p><a href="http://selfdefensefund.com/wp-content/uploads/Knife-Price.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://selfdefensefund.com/wp-content/uploads/Knife-Price.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://selfdefensefund.com/wp-content/uploads/Knife-Price.pdf</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a Wikipe... article on James Macklin:</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Macklin" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Macklin" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Macklin</a></p><p><br /></p><p>--- Susan[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 250591, member: 44"]I don't know if this is the same, but there was a James Macklin & Son, a cutler company, in Salisbury, England from 1880 to c1915. The company is mentioned in the following publication/paper titled [I]Blade's Guides to Knives and their Value,[/I] "Section II: Folding Knives," "Salisbury Cutlers," p. 124 (p. 125 as actual file page on scrolling through the pages). "In 1895, Salisbury still offered high-grade cutlery. The leading firm at the time was James Macklin and Son. However, “by the end of the 19th century[,] the Salisbury cutlery industry was in a sad state of decline. Many of the cutlers were importing Sheffield pieces. Robert Macklin, who was first apprenticed [to] and then took over the Botlys’ business in Catherine Street in 1880, had two cutlers still working for him in 1896. Macklin became Mayor during the Great War [1914 - 1918], and was knighted ... The last working cutler, however, was Henry Neesham, who continued to work until his death in March 1914, aged 88.” His name is listed in the chart at the bottom of the page. "James Macklin, 7 Catherine Street, 1880-1915" This is a *.pdf formatted file: [URL]http://selfdefensefund.com/wp-content/uploads/Knife-Price.pdf[/URL] Here is a Wikipe... article on James Macklin: [URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Macklin[/URL] --- Susan[/QUOTE]
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