David Mellor, Royal Designer for Industry, is the best known cutlery designer in Britain. Born in Sheffield, historic centre of cutlery making, he trained originally as a silversmith. His modern cutlery has a widespread reputation for its qualities of design and manufacture, and examples are in many international design collections. He has drawn on the old Sheffield traditions of craftsmanship evolving a product altogether of our time.
David Mellor cutlery is made by a small specialist team of highly skilled craftsmen, some of whom have worked for decades with David Mellor, building up an exceptional expertise in metalwork. Though the factory is technologically advanced a high degree of hand finishing is employed to give the cutlery its perfectionist quality.
David Mellor, Royal Designer for Industry, is the best known cutlery designer in Britain. Born in Sheffield, historic centre of cutlery making, he trained originally as a silversmith. His modern cutlery has a widespread reputation for its qualities of design and manufacture, and examples are in many international design collections. He has drawn on the old Sheffield traditions of craftsmanship evolving a product altogether of our time.
