Cutting the Uncuttable
Kevlar is bullet and stab resistant material and poses a singular problem for most scissors, in that it is designed to resist attempts to penetrate it.
Women in Charge: The 19th Century
in 1838 Thomas Wilkinson made and presented Queen Victoria with a pair of beautiful, elaborately produced scissors
Happy Birthday to our master scissormaker
Our master craftsman Andrew turned 60 this weekend!
Thomas Wilkinson and Old Factories
Whiteley’s began its story in the countryside, powering its forging and grinding from a giant waterwheel that turned in a forging dam.
Hardening & A Near Death Experience
One summer, the furnace became so hot that the window frames burst into flames!
Snips & Off-Cuts
At Whiteley’s, we have twelve people who work in the factory and warehouse, making and packing and dispatching. All these jobs have their own special sounds which make up the tapestry of the day, and if one of those sounds
The Birth of Whiteley’s
Welcome to my blog, where I’d like to share with you some of the fascinating history and stories of William Whiteley’s!
Whiteley’s Gets With it
We fought off the Far East incursion into the scissor markets in the UK by not competing on price, and keeping our stuff at the very top quality it could be.