Schiavona pommel

[dralin23]

Hello
As far as I know, the Munsten family was also active in Solingen. I don't know the history of this family exactly, so I can't start a discussion about it.
As far as I know, however, the craftsmen of Shortley Bridge chose a running fox as their mark, which was very different from the running wolf.
If you look at the wolf on the Shiavona blade and compare it with the overview of the Passau wolves, you can clearly see that the blade's mark is similar in shape and style to the mark on the page that deals with the history of the Passau wolf. It's the last 3, and it suggests that the blade could date from the 16th-17th century.
The Solingen blacksmiths, just like the English blacksmiths, probably liked to falsify their names or marks to pretend they came from a specific workshop, for example, "Toledo."
The most famous and longest-lived bladesmith is probably Andrea Ferrera!
He forged many thousands of swords and even changed the spelling of his name from time to time...
I think this flamed blade was made by a good blacksmith from Solingen and that he signed it with the pseudonym "Francesco."