...The barrel steel on top is marked - DE MOYA FLUID STEEL (all capital letters). Is "Tobin" the only maker who used this brand name of barrel steel, or does this marking show up on other marques?...
De Moya had an address in Liege. He had registered several trade names Acier De Moya, De Moya Fluid Steel & De Moya Fluss Stahl.
Jose De Moya, 297 rue St. Gilles, 1904.
http://damascus-barrels.com/Belgian_Trade_Marks.htmlWho else he sold to or how long he was in business in Liege, I do not know. He filed a patent with the US Patent office in which he claims to live in Paris in 1905. The patent was granted in 1907.
http://www.google.com/patents?id=mRJRAAA...1&ct=resultAn interesting patent. Where he is producing steel is an interesting question.
Pete
