Trevor Ablett folding knife article online and in the Guardian today

How to make a Sheffield pocket knife, Jon Henley, The Guardian, Saturday 23 January

Still at the cutting edge of his craft, a 'little mester' shows Jon Henley the skills that once made his city the capital of cutlery



Little mesters, they were called in their heyday in the mid-1800s: the legions of highly skilled, self-employed Sheffield craftsmen who were the backbone of what was then the world's cutlery and tool-making capital.

Working alone or with one or two employees, renting their workshops, little mesters mostly specialised in one aspect of their trade – forging, or grinding, or finishing – and often in one type of product: razors, scissors, surgical instruments.

Trevor Ablett, 67, is one of just a handful left. He makes traditional folding pen- and pocket knives. "Ordinary working knives," he insists. "No pearl or ivory, nothing fancy." They are, though, quite exquisite: small, smooth, beautifully balanced and infinitely pleasing everyday tools, with blades of carbon steel, bolsters of polished brass and handles of stag, rosewood or buffalo horn.

Full article here http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2010/jan/23/make-a-sheffield-pocket-knife

One day next week there will be a full slide show of all the stages of producing a traditional Sheffield folder.

Now then

Would he happen to be selling these beauties online?

http://www.sheffield-cutlery.com/pocketknife.html

Impressed with the pricing. I Quite fancy a pruning knife.

I love them

Now I need a fiendish plan to earn some uk dosh

There's always birthdays.

Just had it

Ah.