Paul Werner, son of Richard Werner and an apprentice of Richard Werner, did indeed work at Sauer for a short stint. But he was working there probably as a part of his Journeyman program due to the fact that a Master could make more money as a subcontractor in the rucksack gunsmith network. Usually the owners/masters of a firm kept a steady stream of Journeymen thru their workshop. That is if the Journeymen were going up the ladder and not just widening the overall group. Otherwise the master craftsman made the transition from make to firearms merchant and/or overseer/quality control. And if he didn't have any heirs or assigns, his course was set and he became a firearms merchant possibly with a small repair type facility. H.A. Lindner is a fine example of this. And yes women were involved, involved in ownership but I can't say that there was a master craftswoman??
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Raimey
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