John Hudson
This maker’s name has been found on nineteenth-century Bowie knives. However, the name appears earlier in Sheffield directories, with a John Hudson, cutler, working in Westbar in 1787. In the early nineteenth century, listings for John Hudson began in 1828, with John Hudson making pen knives in Rutherford’s Yard, Broad Lane. It is difficult to know for sure whether this was the future Bowie manufacturer. John Hudson, a table knife cutler, was bankrupt in 1832. ....
