Steve,
The trouble is, except for a few exceptions, individual workers marks cannot be positively identified. Some, like Schilling forge, are more "factory" logo and are therefore well known. On the other hand, if there is just an "s", you couldn't tell, for sure, if the workman was one of the many other Schillings or Schmidts, or one of their sons. In my opinion, the individual workmen's marks are not really important now. They were important, at the time, because someone at the factory inspected the work to insure the quality thereof, and pay the correct workman. It was the quality and consistency of the inspection that insured the overall quality of the gun. I think Raimey disagrees.
Mike
Last edited by Der Ami; 03/05/16 04:13 PM.
