Cutting Edges

urbanspaceman · 19th June 2025, 10:25 PM

Hi Jim. Paul Storr was apprenticed to Andrew Fogleberg, St Anne's Court. I am not certain that Fogleberg hilted swords but I came across him when looking for the maker of my latest smallsword - which turned out to be William Kinman; that's two I have by him, one of which is a colichemarde, both have grooves, even though one is not a colichemarde. I now have four such grooved (non colichemarde) smallswords.
The rolling machines you refer to Jim are from mid to late 1800s. Fritz Weyersberg bought a patent from an un-named Birmingham source for a 'blade roll forge', took it back to Solingen, before the merger with Kirschbaum, and is reputed to still be in operation at WKC today; although I asked Andre Wilms about it and he pleaded ignorance.
The Shotley Bridge machine was only ever described as being for the rapid production of hollow blades and had been since the 1630s. Remember, no-one ever got into Oley's forge, just Mohll's mill (Angerstein 1754) where the little grinding wheels were, so the second machine was never seen, but the product of its operation is quite obvious: grooves.

19th June 2025, 10:25 PM	#13
urbanspaceman Member Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: Tyneside. North-East England Posts: 704	Miasma Hi Jim. Paul Storr was apprenticed to Andrew Fogleberg, St Anne's Court. I am not certain that Fogleberg hilted swords but I came across him when looking for the maker of my latest smallsword - which turned out to be William Kinman; that's two I have by him, one of which is a colichemarde, both have grooves, even though one is not a colichemarde. I now have four such grooved (non colichemarde) smallswords. The rolling machines you refer to Jim are from mid to late 1800s. Fritz Weyersberg bought a patent from an un-named Birmingham source for a 'blade roll forge', took it back to Solingen, before the merger with Kirschbaum, and is reputed to still be in operation at WKC today; although I asked Andre Wilms about it and he pleaded ignorance. The Shotley Bridge machine was only ever described as being for the rapid production of hollow blades and had been since the 1630s. Remember, no-one ever got into Oley's forge, just Mohll's mill (Angerstein 1754) where the little grinding wheels were, so the second machine was never seen, but the product of its operation is quite obvious: grooves.