Neither Parker nor Hunter Arms were especially creative either
Parker: The 1899 Catalog lists:
“Fine English Twist” on Quality T, S, R, P & N (and later as an option on VH guns)
“Fine Laminated Steel” on Quality I & H
“Fine Damascus” on Quality G, F, E, & D
“Fine Bernard” on Quality C
“Extra Fine Damascus” on Quality B
“Finest Damascus” on Quality A
See
http://www.picturetrail.com/gallery/view?p=999&gid=19025099 for examples.
Post-1892 LC Smith:
F grade hammer gun: “English Stub Twist”
Quality No. 0 & 1: “Good Two Rod Damascus”
Quality No. 2, 3, 4 & A1: “Good Four Stripe Chain Damascus”
Quality No. 3, Pigeon, 4 and A1: “Fine Three Rod Damascus”
Quality No. 5: “Very Fine Damascus”,
Monogram: “Finest Three Rod Damascus”
A2: “Choice Three Rod Herring Bone Pattern.”
See
http://www.picturetrail.com/gallery.fcgi?p=999&gid=17116222 But it
really gets complicated with Remington which graded the Damascus barrels on Model 1894 guns as follows:
A Grade: “Two stripe Damascus” (Boston and Oxford)
B Grade: “Three stripe Damascus” (Oxford 4 S.J. and Chain J)
C Grade: “Finer Damascus” (Etoile and Washington)
D Grade: “Very fine Damascus” (Chine and Legia)
E Grade: “Finest Damascus” (Peiper and Ohonon)
See
http://docs.google.com/View?docid=dfg2hmx7_72xs856hdf And Lefever also used LOTS of different patterns
http://www.picturetrail.com/sfx/album/view/18020839