Ferdinand Drissen's 1897-1898 price sheet gives us a good idea of what the barrel makers PRICED patterns; and the higher priced patterns went on the higher priced guns.
This is how Remington did it on the 1894
A Grade: "Two stripe Damascus" (Boston and Oxford 2 S.J.)
B Grade: "Fine Three stripe Damascus" (Oxford 4 S.J. and Chain J)
C Grade: "Finer Damascus" (Etoile and Washington)
D Grade: "Very fine (Four stripe) Damascus" (Chine and Legia P.)
E Grade: "Finest Damascus" (Peiper and Ohonon 6 S.J.)
In the 1903-04 Remington Arms Co. catalogue the C Grade changed to "Fine Damascus" and the D to "Extra Fine Damascus." In the 1906 catalogue the B Grade became "Three-stripe Damascus." (courtesy of David Noreen)
The conversion of Belgian francs to U.S. dollars in 1900 was about 5 francs to 1 dollar. The complete charge for the barrels and gunsmithing for '3 band Crolle' was 80 francs or about $16.
In 1900, Jean Lejeune of Nessonvaux listed the following prices for damascus barrels alone: 'Oxford'-16f, 'Boston'-10f ($2), and 'Birmingham'- 8f
In 1914, Arthur Delvaux-Heuve of Nessonvaux offered '3 Band Boston' and 'Star' for 14 francs.
