C Man,
I took a quick look at three damascus diamond quality guns and all were similarly marked, "CHARLES DALY EXTRA FINE DAMASCUS DIAMOND QUALITY". The "FINE DAMASCUS" rib inscription is normally associated with Prussian Dalys models of lower embelishment than the "diamond quality" gun.
That said, never say never, but I would expect to see the "extra fine" marking on the rib of a diamond quality gun - along with the "diamond quality" inscription.
Ken
Ken. Thanks. That was what I thought was the case, and it is what I have seen. That's why I posed the question.
These were not, I believe, one-off custom ordered guns. So the likelyhood that Daly ordered them with a 'lower grade' barrel set struck me as strange. I'll post if I can get pictures.
