Hounslow Sword Factory

Triarii · 23rd February 2024, 11:09 AM

Thankyou Fernando and Jim - and urbanspaceman.

Thanks to your prompts I've now re-found the pdf of the book by Kevin which covers Hounslow.

I think the summary of my interest is;

How reliant on imported blades was England (seems to be very - certainly of my ECW era collection, of those where the blade can be attributed, German blades make up 50% of my collection and the vast majority of those with identified makers names or nations).
How much of that dependency was intended to be addressed by Hounslow or was actually addressed by Hounslow.
Did Hounslow produce blades only (the London Cutlers Company seemed to spend its time hilting imported blades for example).
Did Hounslow specialise in any way at all (discounting the so-called 'Hounslow Hangers' which I think are misnamed and noting that Hounslow blades can be found on rapiers, hangers, Irish hilts and other backswords).

23rd February 2024, 11:09 AM	#5
Triarii Member Join Date: Oct 2021 Location: Bristol Posts: 100	Thankyou Fernando and Jim - and urbanspaceman. Thanks to your prompts I've now re-found the pdf of the book by Kevin which covers Hounslow. I think the summary of my interest is; How reliant on imported blades was England (seems to be very - certainly of my ECW era collection, of those where the blade can be attributed, German blades make up 50% of my collection and the vast majority of those with identified makers names or nations). How much of that dependency was intended to be addressed by Hounslow or was actually addressed by Hounslow. Did Hounslow produce blades only (the London Cutlers Company seemed to spend its time hilting imported blades for example). Did Hounslow specialise in any way at all (discounting the so-called 'Hounslow Hangers' which I think are misnamed and noting that Hounslow blades can be found on rapiers, hangers, Irish hilts and other backswords).