Brad, its certainly possible that those barrels were chemically stripped. They've been cleaned of the brown oxidation somehow, but not refinished, in my opinion. I do not have any hesitation with properly refinished barrels, damascus or fluid steel. I don't like them when they were not carded properly and in sequence or when the engraving or rib matting is carded off.
Dale uses BriWax and I have recommended BriWax, Renaissance Wax, any high quality clear wax to others.
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