G'day Jim,
I can't help you with where the term "Montmorency" came from, but I can say that the style of blade you are referring to was very common on British swords, both straight and curved from at least as early as 1780 thru to the 1790's. Yes Wooley made blades like this, but so too did every other maker. There are plenty of examples around by Gill and Runkel etc.
Cheers,
Bryce
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