Fox & Norris
Stephen Fox (b. 1691) was a Sheffield cutler and razor maker. His daughter, Catherine, in 1739 married Sheffield razor smith, Matthew Norris (c.1718-1761). One of their sons, Samuel Norris (1745-1817), was nephew to John Fox (1714-1793) and apparently became partner in the latter’s razor business. Fox & Norris was listed in 1774 as a manufacturer of razors, jack-knives, and pocket knives, in Westbar. The partners used the marks ‘*P’, registered to John Fox in 1735; ‘+....
