Toledo or Solingen marks

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Originally Posted by Jim McDougall

In other research, passim, I just came across an interesting aside here.
Apparantly the term 'brock' was used for the bog iron used in Solingen, and whether by design or coincidence one of the 'old' sword making families in Solingen was that of the name BRACH.

It may be a pure coincidence but I think that in this case is more than that. Many old European family names, in different languages and cultures, derive from a profession that was practiced by an earlier patriarch of the family (like Smith or Miller for example) . So I wouldn't be surprised if it were the case with the Brach's as well.

PS: At position 81 in the catalogue of the Sevillan museum is a rapier by Heinrich Brach.