Laminated Steel Patterns

[Parker Bachelder (Brad's Profile)]

As with Damascus, restored laminated steel allows us to see exacting pattern variations. The top barrels are from a Parker lifter gun circa 1874. The address line reads "laminated steel". each tube is stamped with the letter L ahead of the barrel flats. The left tube is stamped 010. There are no English proofs at all. The pattern appears to be English Laminated.
The second set of barrels are from a W&C Scott hammer gun circa 1870's. Marked laminated steel. Obviously English Laminated. The bottom ribs are both simple wound steel.
The fourth picture is from a Parker hammer gun circa 1883. The type of steel is not identified on the address line. The right barrel flat is stamped with a large L and a smaller superimposed E. This pattern is typical Belgian Pointille laminated steel. I don't know yet how many different patterns exist under the classification of " Parker laminated steel", but we will continue to photograph, catalog,and post examples as we restore them.

Brad