8” Gold Plated Fabric Shears

William Whiteley and SonsMade in the UK

£124

8 Gold Plated Fabric Shears Suitable for cutting light to medium weight fabric including: Natural Fabrics cotton, linen, silk, wool, etc. Synthetic Fabrics- polyester, nylon, spandex, acrylic, etc. Blended Fabrics poly-cotton, wool-blend, cotton-linen, etc. Woven Knitted Fabrics denim, twill, gingham, jersey, etc. Non-Woven Fabrics felt, fleece, microfiber, etc. Fibers, Threads Cords linen, bamboo, hemp, lyocell, etc. Product specification: Overall length:8 (203mm) Cut length: 3.5 (90mm) Product weight: 6.6oz (186g) Material: Carbon steel Coating: Gold Experience precision and craftsmanship wi

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UK company
Registered at Companies House as WILLIAM WHITELEY & SONS (SHEFFIELD) LIMITED, number 03312910. Checked 2026-08-29.
Means the business is a British legal entity, not a British-sounding name owned elsewhere. It says nothing about where anything is made.
UK operations
Stated by the company: "William Whiteley & Sons Ltd. Unit 1 Lakeside, Rother Valley Way, Sheffield, S20 3RW" Source.
Means people employed here, or premises they actually work from. We keep this separate from the company badge because a registered office can be an accountant's spare room, and a company can be registered in Britain while everything it does happens somewhere else. Where we have not looked, we say so rather than assuming.
British-owned
Not established. Many companies file a statement rather than naming a controlling shareholder.
Read from the register of people with significant control, following the chain of holding companies. It does not gate anything: a firm can be made here and owned elsewhere, and that is worth telling you rather than hiding.
Made in the UK
The maker states: ip with the 8 Gold Plated Wilkinson Sidebent Fabric Shears, handcrafted in Sheffield, England by Whiteley. These shears combine the timeless, in Source. Their words, not ours; we have not independently verified it.
This is about the individual product, not the company. A British firm can sell things made abroad, which is normal and not a criticism. We would rather tell you which is which than average them into a score.