Wragg Bros (apparently established in 1855) was intertwined with the history of Wm. Wragg & Sons.  In 1871, it advertised as a manufacturer of spring, sportsman’s, and dagger knives, and razors at Cambridge Works in Edward Street/Scotland Street.  The partners were brothers Charles Wragg (Bramwell Street) and William Wragg (Fawcett Street).  In 1881, William lived in Blake Grove Road, Upperthorpe, and informed the Census that he employed nine men and two girls.  In 1889, William Wragg was listed as the partner in Wragg Bros; and also as a partner of W. Wragg & Sons in Hollis Croft.  Charles Wragg, ‘manufacturer’ of Upper Allen Street, died on 16 December 1882, aged 52. He left £481. William Wragg, ‘manufacturer’ of Crookesmoor Road, died on 3 April 1893, aged 61.  His estate was £639. Both were buried in the General Cemetery.  By 1901, Wragg Bros was making pen, pocket, sportsman’s, dagger and Bowie knives in Edward Street.  Williams’s son, Ernest, remained involved with the business.  He became an insurance agent and by 1905 the firm was in Orange Street.  By 1911, the location was Eldon Street, where Wragg Bros marketed ‘pocket knives for export’, and also table cutlery and butchers’ knives.  It apparently ceased business by 1912.  No trade mark has been traced.  This Hawley Trust knife presents a conundrum, as the 'Firth-Brearley Stainless' marking means that it was manufactured after about 1918.  Yet Sheffield directories, newspapers, and other printed sources apparently make no mention any Wragg Brothers either during or after the First World War.  Perhaps the name had sufficient cachet for someone to resurrect it.  This was a common practice in the Sheffield trades, when names and marks were often bought and sold as assets.  Or perhaps the firm involved a different family of Wragg brothers. It was a common local name.