Shop Egginton

Egginton, formed in 1872, created and maintained a successful niche in the world cutlery markets, with their Sheffield made, high quality sharpening steels. They are the world’s leading experts in knife sharpening. In the past, many of Sheffield’s other historical firms faced factory closures, with many famous cutlery firms lost forever in the process. Unwilling to allow the demise of Sheffield’s famous cutlery patents and trademarks, and reluctant to allow famous company names to further vanish, the directors of Egginton came to the rescue. They purchased pocketknife manufacturer George lbberson in 1983 and with it, The Egginton Group of Companies was formed. In 1986, the group was expanded when possibly Sheffield cutlery’s two most famous names, Joseph Rodgers and George Wostenholm were added to save them from being taken out of Sheffield or disappearing altogether. There have been many impersonators since, unscrupulous copyists of their heritage trademarks – too many…