Hello Breck, I’m a new member and I’ve been told you’re the man I need to talk with about refurbishing Damascus barrels. I have a recently acquired Parker DH that was manufactured in 1893 I’m refurbishing and wanted to bring those old barrels back to their original beauty. They are in good shape with shiny bores, bell tone when hung and tapped and no major damage other than a very tiny dent on right a few inches above the forend. What does it run for such ? By the way I have another ivory source if you need more to work with. A gentleman I met some years ago in Alaska. I purchased mammoth ivory from him for use in making grips for my 1911. His website where he the ivory is:
https://www.milesofalaska.com/mammoth-ivory-scales.html He has various colors of the ivory from white to blues that he stabilizes with a clear epoxy. It is a bit smelly cutting and polishing it but it turns out really nice.