Notes & Queries Archive
REPLY1850

Solingen.

By C. B. M.

Will you allow me to state, for the information of T.S. LAWRENCE, who inquires who S*a*lingen, the sword cutler, was,—that S*o*lingen is the name of a small town near Elberfeld, in Westphalia; a sort of Sheffield for the whole of that part of Germany. Immense quantities of cutlery of all sorts are made there, and many knives are, I was told, made there, stamped with English names, and imported into England as true British ware,—being equally good with ours, and, of course, cheaper. Solingen is still, and has been for centuries, renowned for its sword blades. You cannot ride through the town wi…

Topics: Cutlery, Sword Making, Trade Practices

Locations: Solingen, Elberfeld, Westphalia, Germany, England