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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;benbenny007, post: 255267, member: 4194&quot;]Back in the days I use to sell many cutlery. Man of these were German made and marked Solingen.</p><p><br /></p><p>Solingen is a place on germany and known for its steel manufactory of sword blades, knives, cutlery razors etc etc.&nbsp; This makes me believe knecht is the name of the maker.&nbsp;&nbsp; The name Knecht sound German or Dutch.&nbsp; &nbsp; Knecht means servant in Dutch.&nbsp;&nbsp; If he was a sword maker than there should be records of this.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are some references which I copied and paste from an other site which had a discussion regarding a other sword with the same markings. </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.swordforum.com/forums/showthread.php?29602-maker-ID" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.swordforum.com/forums/showthread.php?29602-maker-ID" rel="nofollow">http://www.swordforum.com/forums/showthread.php?29602-maker-ID</a></p><p><br /></p><p>1. German Swords and Sword Makers by Bezdek has Peter Wilhelm Knecht working in Solingen 1770 - 1825, succeeded by his son, Peter Knecht 1825 - 1850.</p><p><br /></p><p>2. The Sword and Bayonet makers of Imperial Germany by John Walter has P W Knecht 1806-1820 and P Knecht 1825-1850 (as Bezdek)</p><p><br /></p><p>3. Armes Blanches by Buigne &amp; Lhoste has P W Knecht working at the time of the Consulate and 1st Empire and but also P Knecht around 1810. This last reference is interesting because I have seen a Year IX French light cavalry officer&#039;s sabre marked &quot;P Knecht in Solingen&quot; (but it is possible that it could have been 2nd Empire, not 1st Empire).</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Google knecht sword maker and you will get many hits.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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