Little Mester name

A few people have been asking me about the name of this blog ‘The Little Mester’. I have taken the name from ‘Little Mesters’, which were the backbone of Sheffield's cutlery industry and were instrumental in helping the city achieve its worldwide reputation for quality craftsmanship. The phrase Little Mester is a regional term used to describe Sheffield's self employed cutlers who rented space in factories and had their finished goods sold by the factory owner. However the term is also more widely applied to almost any self-employed craftsman working in steel or metal.

I am from Sheffield and my industry, design, uses the same principles as the Little Mesters did which was to create a very polished product. Unfortunately there are very few left now therefore I thought I would take the name.