I have a colichemarde blade that is marked N Tol for Toledo on one of my smallswords.
Another, with a regular tri-foil blade has the makers mark I.C.B on the ricasso. So we can’t really say all smallswords are anonymous.
And to be fair, this is not exclusive to smallswords, Osborn blades supplied to cutlers were only carried small identifying stamps on the ricasso. Many a Solingen blade is bare of any marks identifying a maker, leaving us to guess based on the blade decorations.
It could even be that this was a concession to the cutler who was interested in promoting their brand over that of the blade.
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