J. Adams Ltd is a family owned and run business in Sheffield. Their lineage can be traced back through six generations of cutlers (knife-makers) in Sheffield.
J. Adams Ltd is the parent company for three other old established manufacturers: F.E & J.R.Hopkinson Ltd, established 14 June 1944; John Nowill & Sons Ltd, whose corporate name was granted by the Cutlers Company of Hallamshire on 27 April 1700 A.D.; and Austin McGillivray & Co.