[PICTURE GALLERY] Sheffield bids farewell to legendary little mester Stan Shaw

Stan, who died aged 93 last month, was Sheffield's pre-eminent pocket-knife maker whose career spanned almost 80 years.

The family of well-known cutler Stan Shaw BEM said he had passed away with his wife of 66 years, Rosemary, holding his hand.

Stan started making knives in 1939 at the age of just 14, still spending nine hours on his workbench at Kelham Island Museum right up to his 90s.

His family did not have a cutlery background, but on a trip to Sheffield, he saw pocket knives for sale in the market and decided that's what he wanted to do.

In 2016, he was awarded the British Empire Medal for meritorious service worthy of recognition by the crown - it was the first time such an award had been bestowed on a member of the cutlery trade.

According to The Friends of Portland Works, the cutlery industry declined when Stan learned how to do many of the jobs that would make a knife, such as forging, grinding and hafting.

Traditionally these tasks were separate subdivisions of the cutlery trade, carried out by single person and meant that many different cutlers were involved in the making of one knife.

His death has truly left a void in the cutlery industry as the city lost one of its finest craftsmen.

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