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Paisley Hoax?

8/3/2018

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In response to a query to my good friend "Fred" (who is a recognized arms expert in England) I got the following reply.
"Dear David,
       John Paisley was real. The photo of his roofless forge is nonsense, he produced many superb blades."
I have asked for further explanation on his comment about the photo of the forge. As I might have mentioned another friend living near Glasgow has pinned down the area we feel Paisley had his shop. I also have a bit of new information that Paisley was considered "an armourer his entire life." So perhaps the silversmith of Lindsey-Paisley shop is not the same as John Paisley the armourer/cutler?? The photo is of my first Paisley Metford-Fairbairn knife. All of this new information trickling in is another cause for the delay of my book being finished. This long running debate is soon to be resolved in John Paisley's favor.
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