Presence or absense of any particular action type like SLE or feature like intercepting sears or chopper lumps (on damascus barrels?!) doesn't, to my thinking, denote best or less; materials, fit, finish etc do.

They are magnificnet, and appear to have been built to a standard rather than a price point; I bet the person who commissioned them, and the people who built them weren't thinking "how much"...

"Garniture": now there's a word not heard often enough!

Last edited by cadet; 07/17/12 11:44 PM.