Eye Opener:
This vintage English 10 gauge SxS is clearly marked “Laminated Steel”, though it’s obviously a Damascus “Crolle” pattern. Permission was gladly granted for my use of the photographs. There is certainly enough documentation of various price lists differentiating between the many varieties of composite barrels. Is it possible that back then Damascus & Laminated barrels were considered the same? It seems they were by William Goodyer.
Interesting for sure.
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Phlebas the Phoenician, a fortnight dead, forgot the cry of gulls, and the deep sea swell and the profit and loss.
A current under sea picked his bones in whispers. As he rose and fell he passed the stages of his age and youth entering the whirlpool.
T.S. Eliot
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