What browning solution are you using? When I first looked into doing a set, I found some that were explicitly deemed unsuitable for bringing out the pattern in damascus... I ended up getting a bottle of Peter Dyson's formula from the UK.

Here's the first one I did, with some description of the process I used:
http://www.doublegunshop.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=307312&page=1
I just started polishing up the barrels off my old Wakefield - which has a true damascus - rather than twist - pattern. This time, I'll only go down to about 360 grit, and I'll use a boric acid etch, rather than the copper sulphate.
After that, I've a plain (but lovely) Watson Bros BLNE to resurrect, and what's left of the pattern (with particulaly fine and even figure) looks to be more greys than browns, so may try dunking it in boiling water during the process to get them back to those sorts of colours.

Last edited by cadet; 12/08/13 07:45 PM.