Maker
Weyersberg, Kirschbaum & Cie (WKC)
Weyersberg, Kirschbaum & Cie — the knight’s head of Solingen, with roots in the 1500s.
- City
- Solingen
- Rarity
- 4/5 · Rare
- Est. production
- 5,000
- Founded
- 1883
- Trademark
- King's head and knight's helmet
- RZM code
- M7/42
- In the book
- Pages 194–198
- SS contract codes
- 1053/38 SS, 1053/39 SS
- SA Group stamps
- Nm, P, S
- Types
- Early, RZM
WKC dates back to the 1500s, when one of the first sword trademarks was registered by the blacksmith Johannes Wundes in 1560 — one of the longest-used trademarks in Solingen. In 1573 Wilhelm Weyersberg, an ancestor of the WKC founders, became mayor of Solingen, at a time when the guild-organised “Solingen method” strictly separated forging, hardening, grinding and polishing.
