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Solingen blades

Europe tradition · 5 examples · indicative market tier: $5k–50k (serious collector)

Solingen (German pronunciation: [ˈzoːlɪŋən] ; Limburgish: Solich) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, 25 km east of Düsseldorf along the northern edge of the Bergisches Land, south of the Ruhr. After Wuppertal, it is the second-largest city in the Bergisches Land, and a member of the regional authority of the Rhineland. Solingen is called the Klingenstadt (City of Blades), and has long been renowned for the manufacturing of fine swords, knives, scissors and razors made by firms such as WKC, P.D Rasspe Söhne, DOVO, Wüsthof, Zwilling J. A. Henckels, Böker, Güde, Hubertus, Diefenthal, P Wikipedia →

Types & examples

Rapier
Rapier, ca. 1600–10
The Met
Rapier
Rapier, ca. 1620–30
The Met
Claymore
Claymore, 16th–17th century
The Met
Cross Hilt Sword
Cross Hilt Sword, 1600–1625
The Met
Rapier
Rapier, ca. 1610–20
The Met

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