About the time of the German proof rules were enacted in 1893, makers in Suhl started a voluntary night school which was about 6 hours per week. Being the same time period of the 1st proof rules might be happenstance or not, but due to the fractured nature of the manufacturing of military arms in the Suhl area, the Germany command established facilites at Danzig, Erfurt, Spandau/Potsdam and Amberg, Bavaria to ensure production while the majority of makers in Suhl migrated toward sporting arms. There wasn't an arsenal near Suhl and that aided in the crossover, unlike Herzberg and Vejprty/Weipert where the military aspect along with Vjperty/Weipert's resistance to convert to mechanization pretty much killed the individual craftsmen and one started to see sourcing to Suhl.

But in 1910 a Technical College was founded in Suhl and the student spent 1/2 a day for 3 days a week in mathematics, gun design and the like.

Kind Regards,

Raimey
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