'K' stamp on flats??

[edgarspencer]

I'd have to agree with Dave that it's a stretch to speculate that K is an inspector's mark, Charles King or otherwise. If a superintendent was also serving as an inspector, wouldn't his mark also appear on all grades higher than V grade, and wouldn't he also inspect guns with damascus barrels? I also think it's a stretch to suggest 'f' represented 'finished' as I would presume it wouldn't be inspected until it was finished, making it redundant. If W.K., and J.G., then, why not C.K.?

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by edgarspencer

I'd have to agree with Dave that it's a stretch to speculate that K is an inspector's mark, Charles King or otherwise. If a superintendent was also serving as an inspector, wouldn't his mark also appear on all grades higher than V grade, and wouldn't he also inspect guns with damascus barrels? I also think it's a stretch to suggest 'f' represented 'finished' as I would presume it wouldn't be inspected until it was finished, making it redundant. If W.K., and J.G., then, why not C.K.?

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[edgarspencer]

Originally Posted by Dean Romig

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"Possibly valid Edgar, so what is the solution according to your line of thinking?"

Nothing unkind taken. Solution? Get out the Ouija board. None of us were there, and in the absence of some heretofore unknown document, it comes down to what you want to believe.