With these Shiavona swords just like with some other sword types such as: All sorts of blades were used on the Scottish swords and also the Indian Firanghi swords and of course everyone wanted to have a blade from a famous blacksmith mounted in their sword. Andrea Ferrara must have worked for hundreds of years to produce the thousands of blades that bear his name.
I think this "Francisco" who made the blade for my sword was a Solingen blacksmith in Solingen who signed a Spanish-sounding name in order to be able to sell his blades better... because the Solingen blacksmiths who went to Toledo like Heinrich Coll
They didn't give up their last name and the blacksmiths from the well-known and famous Solingen blacksmith families were also proud of their blades and their names. So this blacksmith wasn't from a large and traditional family, I think...and I don't know how "Toledo" used to be in the 17th century. was written... but I've never seen it written in this for "TOLETO"... maybe you?
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