Wats a table knife Butler

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Member Since: May 2004 Posts: 376 Send Message	Jennie	Report	25 Aug 2006 20:02
Member Since: May 2004 Posts: 376 Send Message	Hi i was just looking at census RG10/4669/110/23 (1861) John Ashton and it says that he is a table knife Butler. What is this? Is it just a butler at meal times? Thanks Jen
Member Since: May 2004 Posts: 2,077 Send Message	Paul Barton, Special Agent	Report	25 Aug 2006 20:02
Member Since: May 2004 Posts: 2,077 Send Message	You sure it's butler and not cutler?
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 3,797 Send Message	Zoe	Report	25 Aug 2006 20:11
	sorry - that's made me guffaw I'm imagining a household so full of staff that they were each in charge or one pice of cutlery or crockery at mealtimes Imagine the queue out of the door when it came to clearing a three coure meal
Member Since: May 2004 Posts: 376 Send Message	Jennie	Report	25 Aug 2006 20:11
Member Since: May 2004 Posts: 376 Send Message	Hi Paul i have jsut looked at another census image and it looks like it could be Cutler. Jen
Member Since: November 2002 Posts: 417 Send Message	Uncle John	Report	26 Aug 2006 16:25
	Cutlery manufacture was divided into hundreds of specialised trades. In Sheffield they were referred to as 'little mesters'. A man who made table knives wouldn't dream of making kitchen knives. And each stage of manufacture was done by a different person each in his own workshop. J