Blade Collection (page 47)

The Champion of Oakhampton, Attacking the Hydra of Gloucester Place, March 15, 1809

State Butchers, January 28, 1789. January 28, 1789. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
State Butchers, January 28, 1789

Debonair Covers - Ratonal Stropper Razor Blades, 1909. Creator: Unknown
Debonair Covers - Rotonal Stropper Razor Blades, 1909. From " The British Printer Vol. XXII". [Raithby, Lawrence & Co. Ltd, London and Leicester, 1909]

Reaping Machine, early 19th century. Creator: J Moffat
Reaping Machine, early 19th century. Diagram of a farm implement used for harvesting crops mechanically. Plate CCCCLXXIX from the " Edinburgh Encyclopaedia" edited by David Brewster

Junkers metal propeller with adjustable paddle blades, 1932. Creator: Unknown
Junkers metal propeller with adjustable paddle blades, 1932. Aircraft propeller made by Junkers, with paddle blades that were adjustable during flight

Forging a Blade, c1917. From How It is Made, by Archibald Williams. [Thomas Nelson and Sons, London, Edinburgh, Dublin and New York]

Sword of three parts barb, carps tongue shaped blade, from Palma del Rio (Cordoba)

Weapons kept at the Tower of London, c1800. Artist: G Walker
Weapons kept at the Tower of London, c1800. Various weapons & implements of war which have been employed against the English by different enemies; now deposited in the Tower of London ; various edged

Dagger found in the cellars of the Cross Keys Inn, Gracechurch Street, City of London, 1806
Dagger found in the cellars of the Cross Keys Inn, Gracechurch Street during building work, City of London, 1806

Giant bandsaw blades, Slack Sellers & Co, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. Artist
Giant bandsaw blades, Slack Sellers & Co, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963

Continuous bandsaw blades, Slack Sellers & Co Ltd, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963

Heat treating hacksaw blades, Slack Sellers & Co Ltd, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. The process of heat-treating metal involves the heating up and rapid cooling of the metal

Tensioning circular saws at Slack Sellers & Co Ltd, Sheffield, 1963. Artist
Tensioning circular saws at Slack Sellers & Co Ltd, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. In order for a circular saw to run true at speed, the saw blade should be slightly convex

Setting the saw teeth on a hand saw blade, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. Artist
Setting the saw teeth on a hand saw blade, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. A worker at Slack Sellars & Co Ltd. One of the final processes in the production of a saw, of whatever variety

Setting the saw teeth a two metre saw blade, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. Artist
Setting the saw teeth a two metre saw blade, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. A worker at Slack Sellars & Co Ltd. One of the final processes in the production of a saw, of whatever variety

Tensioning the crosscut on a two metre saw blade, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. A worker at Slack Sellars & Co Ltd. The process of tensioning involves hammering the saw face to alter the shape of

Grinding two metre saw blades at Slack Sellars & Co Ltd, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. To produce a smooth finish to the saw blades, the faces are ground on giant revolving grinding stones

Heat treating a two metre saw blade, Slack Sellars & Co Ltd, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. The process of heat-treating metal involves the heating up and rapid cooling of the metal

A machinist quality checking a six foot circular saw blade, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. A machinist from the Edgar Allen Steel Company quality checking a six foot circular saw blade after

Sheffield steel product: a Slack Sellars saw blade, 1963. Artist: Michael Walters
Sheffield steel product: a Slack Sellars saw blade, 1963. One of the products Sheffield was famous for was its high quality steels

Rolling spade blades, Everlast Tools, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1965. Sheffield had a worldwide reputation for quality garden tools

Female workers sharpening saw blades, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963

Bandsaw sharpening at Slack Sellars & Co, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. Artist
Bandsaw sharpening at Slack Sellars & Co, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. A female worker works with a sharpening machine

Female workers sharpening saw blades at Slack Sellars & Co, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963

Bandsaws being sharpened at Slack Sellars & Co, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963

Quality checking a giant saw blade, Edgar Allens steel foundry, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. This is a good example of the kind of specialist tools that were being produced in Sheffield at

Continuous sharpening of longsaw blades, Slack Sellars & Co, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. The blades run on a continous conveyor system as they have yet to be cut into the appropriate lengths

Sallee, 1838. From A Display of the Naval Flags of All Nations. Collected from the Best Authorities. [Fisher, Son, & Co. London, 1838]

Greenwoods Wood Sawing Machine, 1886

Sundry New-invented Implements, 1810. Artist: J Pass
Sundry New-invented Implements, 1810

Sword dance, (1833). Young men dance among the points of swords. An engraving from The Sports and Pastimes of the people of England, by Joseph Strutt, (London, 1833)

The Romans Conquer Britain, (c1850). The first Roman invasion of Britain took place in 55 BC. Colour plate from Pictures of English History, George Routledge & Sons, (London, New York, c1850)

Boadicea And Her Army, (c1850). Boudicca (25-62 AD) was Queen of the Brythonic Celtic Iceni people of Norfolk in Eastern Britain

Knife Grinder, 1737-1742. Artist: Bouchardon
Knife Grinder, 1737-1742. Part of a series called Paris Street Cries, by Bouchardon

Scenes of medieval life, 13th century, (1870). A wood engraving after a miniature in a psalter, representing warlike, scientific, commercial, and agricultural works

The prophet Isaiah with the instrument of his martyrdom, 15th century, (1870). A wood engraving from an Italian work, showing Isaiah who met his death by being sawed in half

Battleaxe and pistol, 16th century, (1870). A wood engraving from The Arts of the Middle Ages and at the Period of the Renaissance, by Paul Lacroix, (London, 1870)

Bruce lifted his battle-axe high in the air... 1314, (1905). Artist: As Forrest
Bruce lifted his battle-axe high in the air, then brought it crashing down upon the helmet of Bohun, 1314, (1905). King Robert the Bruce of Scotland kills Sir Henry de Bohun, an English knight

Human sacrifice, Mexico, Pre-Colombian period, (19th century). Artist: Pierre Fritel
Human sacrifice, Mexico, Pre-Colombian period, (19th century). A priest holds up the still-beating heart of a victim in a 19th-century representation of practices carried out by the Aztecs before

French Penalty, between 1824 and 1828. Artist: Francisco Goya
French Penalty, between 1824 and 1828. Goya, Francisco, de (1746-1828). Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Glaive, mid-16th century, (1843). Artist: Henry Shaw
Glaive, mid-16th century, (1843). Drawn from an original weapon from the armoury at the Tower of London. The glaive consisted of a long cutting blade

A Car with Blades, 1460, (c1900). French advertising for Liebig Extract of Meat. Private Collection

Two horizontal water wheels, 1673. The left-hand wheel with highly curved blades, an early form of turbine, was more efficient than the one with flat blades on the right

Mesopotamia, Daggers, 3rd millennium BC. The Sumerians and Akkadians (including Assyrians and Babylonians) dominated Mesopotamia from the beginning of written history (c)

Bronze Age. Neunheiligen. Dagger blade, 2300-1800BC
Neunheiligen Dagger blade, Bronze Age, 2300-1800 BC

Celtic Bronze Iron Age Sword-Blades from Rive Seine at Paris, c800BC

Two Bronze, Celtic Iron Age Sword Blades, France, 800BC-400 BC
Two Bronze, Celtic Iron Age Sword Blades, France, 800-400 BC

Ceremony of Circumcision, Basel, 1739 (first edition 1663). Artist: Jan Leusden
Ceremony of Circumcision. From Jan Leusden Philogus Hebraeo-Mixtus, Basel, 1739 (first edition 1663). Engraving

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