James Dixon and Sons has a huge collection of cutlery patterns in its range. The depth of designs varies from well known English Parish patterns to a huge catalogue of private James Dixon and Sons designs. All of our cutlery is stamped in our Press Shop and once blanked out goes to the Hand Filing Department before being hand finished.
This department enables us to produce complimentary tableware to go with your cutlery. The Stamp Shop produces a varied range of pieces from tea pots to hip flasks to candlesticks all in numerous shapes and sizes and offering a wide diversity of styles. These pieces can be further enhanced by our in house wire drawing service which allows for standard or unique wire patterns to be produced to match even the most bespoke design.
We also make Salvers and Waiters in this department which are the perfect award for any prestigious sorting presentation.
Our in house Spinning Department has a vast array of shapes and sizes in our standard tooling catalogue and the ability to make new chucks bespoke to a clients needs and specifications. This department also has the skillset to offer wood turning, a useful practice in the production of trophies.
This department is made up of experienced and newly qualified bench trained craftsmen and women. Offering the knowledge and enthusiasm to tackle the varied and challenging work we are commissioned to undertake. The Smiths can turn their talents to the production of any object to suit the varied and diverse requirements of our clients worldwide.
We cover the whole process from mould making, both hot and cold, to waxing and casting. We cast everything from animals to bespoke cream jug handles and cuff links.
The use of pumice stone ground to a fine powder combined with oil enables a beautiful finish on our silverware. Many companies removed this practice out of their process in the last century but the quality we aspire to means this corner is not cut in our production of flatware and holloware.
This rare skill provides the distinctive but vital skill to the production process. Using only hammers on a stake, Hand Raising is the art of taking a flat sheet of metal and fashioning it in to any shape. Flat Hammering is essential when working on Salvers and other flat surface pieces to ensure heat has not warped the base.
This incredible skill is essential if requiring individual bespoke decoration on silverware. The decoration desired by a client can be transferred to a single trophy which has been commissioned as a replica to bespoke private dining items or a unique centre piece.
The preparation of our products first in the Buffing shop and the in the Polishing Department is all completed on spindles and by hand. Various compounds are used in conjunction with different polishing mops. Polishing by hand enables our craftsmen to ensure pattern definition is retained on our cutlery and holloware designs.
We complete all our Silver and Gold Plating requirements in this department. With in house XRF certification testing carried out on every piece we are able to ensure the plating deposits specified are achieved.