sword-cutler

It bore the inscription + Benvenutus + on one side, and on the other + me fecit +, in Saxon characters; the name shewing that the maker was an Italian, the crosses probably implying that he (or the owner, if made to order) was a Christian; while from the Saxon lettering we should infer that the Italian sword-cutler exercised his craft in the north of Europe.

Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter James Conway Walter

At the age of seventeen she married the sword-cutler Albrecht of Danzig, a hot-tempered man, whose nature underwent a change through her humility and gentleness.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913

His suspicions naturally fell on the sword-cutler, to whom he remembered having spoken very frankly.

Chapter XVI 1909

To me, for example, they should give a note of this kind: —Ambrogio Fusella, by trade a sword-cutler, with a wife and four children, all of an age to eat bread (note that well): let them have so much bread; and pay so many pence.

Chapter XIV 1909

It is just possible that the Fullers may have taken their motto from the words employed by Juvenal in describing the father of Demosthenes, who was a blacksmith and a sword-cutler --

Industrial Biography Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904 1863

He had left all these outside, however, and advanced, civilly and condescendingly thanking the sword-cutler, in perfect ignorance that the man who stood before him had been born to a home that was an absolute palace compared with the Dragon court.

The Armourer's Prentices Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

"Tibble Steelman would think nought of a beggarly stranger calling himself a sword-cutler, and practising the craft without prenticeship or license," said Stephen, swelling with indignation.

The Armourer's Prentices Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

Master Headley, a good deal puzzled, had to leave his apprentice under the roof of the old sword-cutler for the night at least.

The Armourer's Prentices Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

And so it was that Master Headley, a good deal puzzled, had to leave his apprentice under the roof of the old sword-cutler for the night at least.

The Armourer's Prentices Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

He had left all these outside, however, and advanced, civilly and condescendingly thanking the sword-cutler, in perfect ignorance that the man who stood before him had been born to a home that was an absolute palace compared with the Dragon court.

The Armourer's Prentices Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862