Stan Shaw obituary

My friend Stan Shaw, who has died aged 94, was Sheffield's pre-eminent pocket-knife maker, and his career spanned almost 80 years.

Born in Worrall, near Sheffield, Stan was the son of Walter Shaw, a ganister miner, and his wife, Amelia (nee Coldwell). His father died aged 45 from silicosis, leaving his mother to raise a family of nine. Stan's childhood and education were further blighted by illness, which kept him in hospital for several years.