I miss EDM. The idea is that grading Parker fluid steel was a carry over from the Damascus days. Purchasers were accustomed to various qualities of Damascus steel. And of course 3 blade was in fact finer than twist, 4 blade finer than 3 and so on. When fluid steel was introduced, sportsmen of the day expected the same, and gun makers gave it to them. Perception being more important than reality. But I think Charlie Price best set out the arguments of why the fluid steels were probably all basically the same, perhaps only differing somewhat as between suppliers. That was a great article by the way. And although I can't prove anything, if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck and looks like a duck, it's probably a duck.
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