Pete and everyone else:
Thanks for your replies and the info about the place to put photos. I'll try and have something on there today yet, if I can figure out the process.
I hadn't really thought that these barrels were Damascus, although I guess they could be; they ring like the Bells of St. Mary's. Also, they have obviously been re-blacked; can Damascus be rust blued to hide the figure?
Anyway, I'll do my best with the pics;thanks again.
Craig