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Severquick,

Thos. Staniforth & Co. Ltd. (Manufacturer)

This is a sickle manufacuted by Thos. Staniford & Co. Ltd. of Hackenthorpe, Sheffield, under the trade name 'Severquick'. Sickles are used for manually cutting crops.

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MERL 'Handwritten catalogue' form – 'SICKLE // 'Donated by makers Messrs Thos. Staniforth, Severquick Works, Hackenthorpe, Sheffield. // trade advt. for (2 page leaflet "The New Tooth" Sickle (made by above) in trade record collection'., Letter, A. T. Carter (Thos. Staniforth & Co. Ltd.) to MERL, 14 February 1962 - 'Sickles, which must not be confused with Hooks are certainly being made by ourselves and strange as it may seem, the quantity of Sickles being manufactured is as high today as it was sixty years ago. Sickles as we know them are really an export line, being sent to South America, the West Indies, South Africa, Colombo and Malaya. They are chiefly used for cutting rice, grass or cotton. // From 1860 to 1900, large quantities were sold to Russia and Poland but this trade has now ended due to the Russians making these themselves. // As far as Ireland and Scotland are concerned their use has almost died out. There are not more than probably twelve dozen sold in the country today. // You will also be interested in the fact that we have been making Sickles since 1565 and a copy of our trade mark can be found in the British Museum.'

Hackenthorpe

1962 - 1962