Here is a thread about making damascus for knife making. The guy that is doing this is not a barrel maker of course, but he is some sort of Guild-equivalent master of this sort of work. He has some video clip of the early part of the process and some discussion of what's happening.

There are lots of pretty knives out there, but his are a "cut above" the rest. Pun perfectly appropriate.....

http://shilohrifle.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=8758

Meanwhile some beautiful barrels here and I could stand to learn a lot about the different English damascus guns that I have (3 rifles, and several shotties).

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