Interrupting Stan Shaw's Marmalade Sandwich

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From May 2015:

Stan's bench in January 2016:

 

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From November 2016:

 

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After Stan was awarded the British Empire Medal in the 2017 New Year's Honour's List, he had a small new 'B.E.M.' stamp made. It was first used on the 24th April 2017:

The split-springs from which Lobster Knives get their name, together with some pretty fancy cover materials, including a re-purposed antique ivory paper knife/page turner I gave Stan.

Some of Stan's Rase Knives.

Some fancy Whittlers.

Stan's bench in December 2018.

 

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Some older photos of Stan, the first showing his mentor and 'gaffer', the late great Ted Osbourn. The large Sportsman's Knife is Stan's Hallamshire Knife.

 

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Some of Stan's knives were once on display in one of the Sheffield Museums. The fact they are no longer on display is something that has saddened him greatly

Stan featured in this advertisement for Ibberson's from 1977.

 

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A couple of pics from when I met up with @herder in Sheffield. Sadly, Stan had a hospital appointment that day.

 

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Stan in 2016, with the first knife he made for me, which I'm carrying today.

 

[Chui]

- very cool.............priceless, in fact

 

[Georgecatl]

A very informative and interesting read. Thank you Jack for the updating of the photos.

 

[Marlingspike12]

Thank you for the photos Jack! And a happy birthday to Mr. Stan Shaw!

 

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Some of Stan's other knives. Some of which are in Geoff Tweedale's collection

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Not long after Stan made me my Sheepsfoot, he made me a very fancy Lambsfoot

 

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After Stan left Ibberson's, he was at various firms before he eventually set up shop for himself (even then he still made knives for other firms), and was a foreman at Wostenholm (which he hated) at the time this large 'Schrade-Wostenholm' Stockman was made. Having been given some of the old parts for the knife a few years back, he made me one up in Buffalo Horn in April 2017

 

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I also have this Stan Shaw Ruler Knife (thanks Stan)

 

[JohnDF]

I enjoyed all the pictures, Jack.
Happy Birthday to Stan, hope he's doing well.

 

[JohnDF]

No you don't, and that is the price we pay for what people call convenience. Or, our throw away society. We, and when i say we, i mean our previous generations, used to be taught by their elders or were self taught to make, mend and fix things. And this so called recycling that is claimed to be the domain of the generations of the last couple of decades was going on well before i was born, and i'm an old man. My grandparents and my parents generations stored away all sorts of stuff, to recycle and use later if they needed to fix things. When we had garbage collection day, which was once a week, everyone had a steel rubbish bin, that was it. There was no plastic, and no recycling extra bin. We took all the glass lemonade bottles back to the shop to get the deposit, and the garbos' took all the beer bottles which were sold back to the brewery to be cleaned and reused. And any glass jar was cleaned and stored by mum to fill with jams and pickles and stuff. Sorry to get off topic, but just wanted to point out that i don't think we are as smart as we think we are. But i do think that people are realizing, that craftsman who can make things by hand and not mass produced are to be utilized and they are starting to make a comeback. People after losing the plot and filling their houses with junk are coming around to the old theory " You Get What You Pay For ". Well some anyway.

Very well said...

 

[Jack Black]

I enjoyed all the pictures, Jack.
Happy Birthday to Stan, hope he's doing well.

Thanks John, I'm hoping I can edit a link into post #1

 

[btb01]

Thanks for posting all the photos, Jack. You’ve got a nice little collection of Stan’s knives!

 

[Onebigbill]

Duncan and Sue's photos from the same day:

Unbelievable photos. I feel privileged to view them and can only imagine what a fine day that you and Duncan had with Mr Shaw. Thanks so much for sharing them with everyone including me.