Roger,

Yes, Chow learned his pistolsmithing craft under King's tutelage.

Kwill1911,
Your link to the King catalog was a most surprising and appreciated contribution; thank you!
After reading the hammer section, I came away with the impression, at least at the time of this cat., that the only hammer style choices were left or right 'cockeyed' or both. Making a 'giant leap' from that, if they didn't retain the factory curvature of the King 'cockeyed', which I guess pretty clearly identifies them as a King hammer job, they may more likely be another company's custome hammer. But as I say, that's a 'leap', not having seen dozens of these things.

Jim
S&WCA #1994

Jim,

That's a leap I wouldn't make. King, like others during the depression, was quite responsive to cutomer requests. In other words, everything was a custom job--if a customer wanted a straighter curvature he got it. If you really want to understand the company I suggest you get the back issues of the S&WCA Journal in which Jim King and Jim Wallinger go into great detail about the company. If you want to email me, I can point you to a whole bibliography of articles about King.

Regards,
Kevin

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Originally posted by kwill1911:
Jim,

That's a leap I wouldn't make. King, like others during the depression, was quite responsive to cutomer requests. In other words, everything was a custom job--if a customer wanted a straighter curvature he got it. If you really want to understand the company I suggest you get the back issues of the S&WCA Journal in which Jim King and Jim Wallinger go into great detail about the company. If you want to email me, I can point you to a whole bibliography of articles about King.

Regards,
Kevin

OK, I leaped back.
And thanks for the offer Kevin. I'm not that interested in the company history as much as information detailing their products.

Thanks!
Jim