Gilbert Saville Steel Works Ltd
In 1872, George Saville (1847-1889) left the family grocery business and moved to Solingen, Germany, to manage a pearl works. His sons, Gilbert (1881-1973) and Vernon (b.1886), later took over. Gilbert marketed pocket knives, razors, and Bowies through US agents such as Stauffer, Eshleman (New Orleans) and Farwell, Ozmun, Kirk & Co (St Paul, Minnesota). This cutlery – apparently exported from Germany after the mid-1890s – was marked ‘Gilbert Saville Steel Works Ltd’ or sometimes ....
