Name that tune...er...Damascus Pattern

[John B White]

I'd refer to it as "beautiful". Other's will offer more pertinent information.

[Drew Hause]

Parker D3 3 Iron "Oxford"; more typical of a GH but I've got a BH D3 here
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1...c/edit?tab=t.0

The latest damascus barrels are SN 220,657 GH D3 1927, SN 222,845 DHE D4 1927, SN 227,020 VHE D3 1928, and SN 230234 DH & SN 230760 CHE double trap c. 1928 or 1929 (no record of either available).

[mobirdhunter]

Thanks, Drew. I knew it was not the "normal" pattern for BH grade guns, and thought it looked more like that from a lower grade. I wonder if those later Damascus guns were 12 gauge and this set might have been one of the few remaining 16s. In any event, it's beautiful to me, and unusual...and the barrels work just fine.

[Drew Hause]

At that point Parker was no doubt using up the pattern welded tubes still in stock. We've found a few late lower grade Smith guns with high grade damascus tubes, likely when they ran out of the 2 iron "good damascus".
And BTW "British Best" damascus was primarily 3 Iron "Oxford".
There was no meaningful difference in the strength of 2, 3, and 4 Iron crolle in the Birmingham Proof House Trial
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1...U/edit?tab=t.0