Old 15th April 2011, 04:07 PM
Posted by:
fernando
Lead Moderator European Armoury
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Portugal
Originally Posted by Billman
... usually simple marks in the form of a punch the smith could make himself, e.g. cross, star, heart.. Marks were also used on tools such as scythes as a form of quality control so that the individual workers who made that particular blade could be recognised ... (Quote)
Like in this Portuguese example?
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Last edited by fernando; 21st October 2017 at 07:10 PM.
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