Damascus poster

[Robin Lewis]

While at the East Coast Fine Arms Show in CT. on January 9th I had the pleasure to speak to a gentleman from Pennsylvania at out display table. He was interested in the Parker Damascus guns and enjoyed our display. He asked me for my contact information and promised to send me a copy of an old poster on Damascus that he had; well it came in todays mail. I thought some of you might be interested in seeing it too. The copy of a copy leaves something to be desired but ...... here it is. Click on it a few times and it will enlarge.

[Dave Suponski]

Thats great stuff Robin! Thanks for posting it....:)

[Harry Collins]

Robin,

Thanks! I only wish I could still answer oui in responce to parlez-vous francais.....

Harry

[Drew Hause]

The original is here
http://www.littlegun.be/arme%20belge/artisans%20identifies%20h/a%20higny%20gb.htm

and here are close ups of the patterns http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dfg2hmx7_187f8nqndfv

The illustrations displayed by Messrs. Bland and Sons at the Sportsman's Exhibition, held at Islington in July, 1872 and published in The Modern Sportsman's Gun and Rifle by John Henry Walsh, the editor of The Field, in 1882


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