30 plus years ago a local sporting goods store had a pair of extra extra clean Remington doubles, a 16 and a 12 that had clearly come in together. I remember eavesdropping on a conversation between the owner and potential buyer where he was explaining how they were fluid steel with an etched damascus pattern. It makes me chuckle when I think of it. He seemed so earnest....
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I was as virtuously given as a gentleman need to be; virtuous enough; swore little; diced not above seven times a week; went to a bawdy-house once in a quarter--of an hour; paid money that I borrowed, three of four times; lived well and in good compass: and now I live out of all order, out of all compass. Falstaff - Henry IV
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