Passau Wolf of Solingen

urbanspaceman · Today, 06:48 PM

I was reading the Mortuary Sword section of Stuart Mowbray's book this morning and came across this:
The blade on one of the Cromwell swords from the Cromwell museum is marked Clemens Wilms : Solingen as well as Andria Ferara.
Needs thinking about, but seems proof positive that the blade was labeled Andria Ferara by the trader, probably because the Clemens Wilms name was not significant enough to hype up the quality.
As I said, needs thinking about because I suspect this was always the case. I know that early 1700s, here in the UK, Birmingham smiths were using false markings. The Cutlers Company were forever trying to prevent this but... It is not beyond the bounds of possibility that they were falsely using the Bushy Tailed Fox and not buying blade blanks from Shotley Bridge, although I suspect not.

Today, 06:48 PM	#5
urbanspaceman Member Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: Tyneside. North-East England Posts: 715	Oliver Cromwell and ANDREA FERARRA I was reading the Mortuary Sword section of Stuart Mowbray's book this morning and came across this: The blade on one of the Cromwell swords from the Cromwell museum is marked Clemens Wilms : Solingen as well as Andria Ferara. Needs thinking about, but seems proof positive that the blade was labeled Andria Ferara by the trader, probably because the Clemens Wilms name was not significant enough to hype up the quality. As I said, needs thinking about because I suspect this was always the case. I know that early 1700s, here in the UK, Birmingham smiths were using false markings. The Cutlers Company were forever trying to prevent this but... It is not beyond the bounds of possibility that they were falsely using the Bushy Tailed Fox and not buying blade blanks from Shotley Bridge, although I suspect not.