Moses Brent apprenticed to Dru Drury knife handle maker 1763. Free 1770. First mark was entered as haftmaker 1775. His eighteenth mark was entered 1817, and from the large number of his mark entries and the frequency they are met on knifehafts and blades of his working period, it is obvious that Brent had a virtual monopoly as specialist in this field to the retail trade of his day. His knives are found accompanying ‘flat ware’ made by Eley, Fern & Chawner as supplied to Rundell, Bridge & Rundell for all their best clients. As such he can be considered amongst the finest knife maker of the period.