John Baxter
This cutler was listed in the pocket-knife section of the Sheffield directory of 1787. His trade mark was ’24 Z’ (with the ‘Z’ horizontal). Baxter indicated that he specialised in hunter’s knives, though he also appeared in that directory under the heading ‘Stamped Brass, White Metal, and Metal-Framed Knives’. In 1797, he was listed again, this time with a trade mark (‘N 24 Z’). He worked and lived at Newfield, Bridgehouses, which was near Kelham I....
