Blackwell & Marsden
Walter Blackwell (1883-1955) was born in Sheffield, the son of Isaac (a spring knife cutler) and Eliza née Hudson. Walter became a table knife hafter. During the early 1920s, he made ‘hand ground’ stainless table knives, marked with his own name. In about 1924, when he lived at Lydgate Lane, he launched Blackwell & Marsden. His partner was Joseph Marsden (1872-1956), who lived at 53 Holme Lane, Hillsborough. The latter had been born at Unstone, Derbyshire, and was the son of William (....
