Drew:
I understand what your saying but,and again going by the prices you've provided, you have to get to the upper tier of quality in damascus to equal of exceed the price of fluid compressed steel barrels at 90 francs. This fact to me belies the idea that damascus was phased out solely due to the cost.
Any comment inre. to the statement in your post previous from the Department of the Interior as to relative strengths of the steels?
Going back to that lengthly thread on damascus barrels and new guns being constructed by Greener:
It's still not clear to me what the source of their damascus stock might be. Newly manufactured? Old stock of either British or Belgian manufacture? I still think with the potential liability Greener is being foolhardy in manufacturing them but to each his own.
Jim
Last edited by italiansxs; 12/18/08 02:21 PM.
