Shotley Bridge swordmakers

urbanspaceman · 28th October 2017, 10:33 PM

This may be a stupid question to the cognoscenti, but I confess to being a novice as you should know by now, so here goes:
Solingen apparently had the famous 'hollow' grinding machine causing much unrest in the 1680s; has anyone seen a hollow-blade/colichmarde marked from Solingen.
This was before Klingenthal and before Shotley Bridge; who else could be supplying the French? Were the blades from Solingen going to France signed in any way?

28th October 2017, 10:33 PM	#29
urbanspaceman Member Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: Tyneside. North-East England Posts: 577	Solingen This may be a stupid question to the cognoscenti, but I confess to being a novice as you should know by now, so here goes: Solingen apparently had the famous 'hollow' grinding machine causing much unrest in the 1680s; has anyone seen a hollow-blade/colichmarde marked from Solingen. This was before Klingenthal and before Shotley Bridge; who else could be supplying the French? Were the blades from Solingen going to France signed in any way?