Not much is known about Martin Bye, as there is very little documented information about his life.īye and Johnson filed jointly for and were awarded multiple patents together, mostly related to firearms designs, beginning in 1876. Their primary revenues came from the sale of their self designed and manufactured inexpensive models of revolvers. During this period, Johnson and Bye filed for and received several new firearms features and firearms feature improvement patents. In 1871, Johnson joined Martin Bye to form the Johnson Bye & Company, merging his own and Martin Bye's gunsmithing operations. His early work involved not only gunsmithing locally in Worcester, MA, but it also included providing designs and work to other firearms companies, notably Allen & Wheelock for whom he made so-called " pepperbox" pistols. Johnson was a gunsmith by trade at the time, but also worked as an inventor in his spare time, which would come in handy later on as he sought new and creative uses for his partially idle manufacturing equipment, a thought process which would eventually lead him and his heirs to diversify the corporation's businesses. Iver Johnson immigrated to Worcester, Massachusetts from Norway in 1863 at the height of the American Civil War. He married Mary Elizabeth Speirs (born January 1847 ) on April 9, 1868, in Worcester, with whom he had 3 sons (Frederick Iver, John Lovell, and Walter Olof) and 2 daughters (Mary Louise and Nellie). He was educated as a gunsmith in Bergen in 1857 and had a gun store in Oslo. Iver Johnson was born in Nordfjord in the year 1841, in Nordfjord, Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway and later emigrated from Norway to the United States. Īdvertisement for revolver claimed to be safe for babies However, the new Iver Johnson company does not have any parts, guns or information relating to the pre-1993 company. After closing the name was resold and in 2006 Iver Johnson Arms opened in Rockledge, Florida selling shotguns and M1911 pistols. The company shared the same name as its founder, Norwegian-born Iver Johnson (1841-1895).
firearms, bicycle, and motorcycle manufacturer from 1871 to 1993.
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