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Company Info
Manufacturer: T.R. Cadman & Sons (Thomas Radley Cadman)[1]
Other Names:
Dates in Production: 1748-1965 - [5] [6]
Location: St. Mary's Road, Sheffield.
Steel: Carbon
Type: Straight Razors, Cutlery, Knives.
Logo or Special markings
Other Names:
- Luke Cadman of Surrey St Factory made the Bengall and David Cadman of Longfton-Lane made the Bengal. [2]
- Other manufacturer of "Bengall" (Bengall with 2 "L" were also produced by a Swedish Manufacturer named A.-Bol. Borlänge Maskinaffär [3])
- Other manufacturer of "Bengal" razors (Bengal with 1 "L" were also produced by a Manufacturer named Voos & Essers KG in Solingen [4])
Dates in Production: 1748-1965 - [5] [6]
Location: St. Mary's Road, Sheffield.
Steel: Carbon
Type: Straight Razors, Cutlery, Knives.
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Notes of Interest:
- The Cadman family originally came from Derbyshire and settled in the village of Eckington, to the south of Sheffield. Luke Cadman (1727-1788) moved to Sheffield in 1740 and became apprenticed into the cutlery trade. He became a freeman of the Cutlers' Company of Hallamshire in 1748 and was granted the trademark "BENGALL". (Another branch of the family was granted the trademark "SENEGALL"). Two of Cadman's sons followed him into the business. The Cadmans' business was located at various addresses in Sheffield over the years. In the early 1870s Thomas Radley Cadman (1833-1917) took over the firm. By 1933 the firm had diversified into safety razor and pocket knife manufacture. T.R.Cadman & Sons, Ltd. ceased trading in 1965.
Cadman & Sons occupied a number of addresses in Sheffield including premises in Surrey Street, Fargate, Carver Street, Broomhall Street and Monmouth Street. The firm continued into the 1900s though the safety and electric razor market was putting them under increasing financial strain. Throughout the post war period they continued a strong international trade. They exported 80-90% of their products to Australia, Japan, India and Poland. During WWII they supplied the Royal Navy with 250,000 razors. [7] - The firm T.R. Cadman & Sons incorporated in 1924. Shortly after incorporating, they change the shank stampings on their straight razors from "T.R. Cadman & Sons" to "T.R. Cadman & Sons Ltd". Some time between incorporating and WWII, the design of their straight razor standard scales was changed from a radius fillet along the edges to a straight line chamfer. Towards the end of WWII or soon after, the name "BENGALL" was embossed on their straight razor standard scales.
- Manufacturer for W. Jno Baker straight razors in New South Wales, Australia. [8]. They also provided some straights for the Thomas' Supply Store in Victoria, Australia. [9] and the Ward Bros, Victoria, Australia [10].
- Bengall pictures from the membership
References
- ^Uniclectica
- ^Blade's Guide to Knives & Their Values - 7th Edition, By Steve Shackleford, 2009, p. 112
- ^See B&B thread
- ^Archiving Industry
- ^Museum Sheffield - http://www.museums-sheffield.org.uk/...onstituent=217
- ^New Zealand Museums - http://www.nzmuseums.co.nz/account/3...t-throat_razor
- ^Sheffield Museums
- ^B&B information thread W. Jno Baker
- ^B&B information thread Thomas' Supply Store
- ^B&B information thread Ward Bros
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