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Originally Posted by edgarspencer
Perhaps, but the wedges are plainly not if the same hand as the receiver. I’d like to see another example of documented Damascus barrels with engraved barrel wedges.
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Again Edgar, I beg to disagree with you. In my opinion the wedges are very likely to have been engraved by the same "hand" as the rest of the gun. Just look, for example, at the band of engraving encircling the breech end of the barrels and see that its execution is exactly the same as the corresponding band of engraving on the breech balls. Consider also that engraving Damascus has its own set of problems to overcome that are not present in homologus fluid pressed steel, very likely requiring a different approach or practice of execution than the fluid pressed steel. And there may also be variables we're not even considering in the level of difficulty presented by the Damascus barrels.
Again, I believe this is the only known set of Damascus barrels with such engraved wages. Highly respected Parker collectors agree with this premise regarding this gun.
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