Letters in
The Chicago Field in 1878 state that a barrel forger named John Blaze of Birmingham, England had immigrated to America to make Wesson's barrels. He was listed in the 1865 Worchester, Mass. City Directory as a Gunsmith, and 1878-1881 as a Blacksmith. Whether he left Wesson for Parker's employ after Dan Wesson shut down his shotgun production in December 1870 is uncertain. Other Wesson gunmakers did take jobs with Parker, including Charles A. King.
Wesson's have been identified with Laminated Steel
Laminated Damascus
and a messy 3 Iron crolle
carrying the (Horace) Smith & Wesson and Daniel B. Wesson initials
