Shotley Bridge swordmakers

Brian Moffatt · 9th November 2023, 09:33 PM

Aye Keith...
So I should start looking for "Bertram era" swords on my travels....?
Be interesting to try and work out the blade construction...

Do they have anything to do with the Bertrams up by Ford?
Always thought of that branch as "reiving stock" with that "Richard Nixon" look that characterises the Armstrongs.
Mate of mine from my London days....long lost touch with, was one of those Bertrams...

Amazing how these genes pass down.. often folk wonder how I guess their surnames just by looking at them... Fosters in particular....
Sorry... I'm rambling..still got the dreaded "brain (Brian) fog" post Covid.
All the Best,
Brian

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9th November 2023, 09:33 PM	#33
Brian Moffatt Member Join Date: Apr 2019 Posts: 7	Aye Keith... So I should start looking for "Bertram era" swords on my travels....? Be interesting to try and work out the blade construction... Do they have anything to do with the Bertrams up by Ford? Always thought of that branch as "reiving stock" with that "Richard Nixon" look that characterises the Armstrongs. Mate of mine from my London days....long lost touch with, was one of those Bertrams... Amazing how these genes pass down.. often folk wonder how I guess their surnames just by looking at them... Fosters in particular.... Sorry... I'm rambling..still got the dreaded "brain (Brian) fog" post Covid. All the Best, Brian