[TheForge] Damascus

Tue Apr 2 21:07:06 2002

Another thing to consider is that the barrels being advertised in the Sears
catalog of 1908 were in all likelihood not even pattern welded. It was very
common at that time to simply etch a design into a steel barrel and call it
Damascus, and even label it as such.
T. Clark

----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Langefeld" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: April 02, 2002 7:52 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Damascus

> With all this discussion of what is or isn't Damascus steel, shouldn't we
> consider what has been common English usage for the last 120 or so
> years?  If not, then who among us wants to write to Sears and insist that
> they reissue their 1908 catalogue because it mistakenly labels
> pattern-welded shotgun barrells as "Damascus"?
>
> Phil
>
>
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