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[Big Friend Ten (BFT)]

Austin,
In many cultures it is unwise to disparage the dead. Oscar re-discovered how to finish Damascus barrels.barrels. Since he left us others have refined Oscar's processes. I have photographed Oscar redone Damascus and they are beautiful. The restored Damascus which Brad Bachelder does for me is more defined but Brad has told me face to face that Oscar blazed the trail which he follows.

May Oscar be with his departed dogs,
Mark

[Bill Murphy]

Actually "Chasing" a Parker rib is not something that can be done for a reasonable amount of money. If anyone knows someone who will "Chase" a well worn Parker rib and make it look original for less than about a thousand dollars, I would like to know who he is. Oscar was a friend of mine, and a friend of many others who gave him trashed out guns to work on. He seldom refused them. He would have been better to turn down some lost causes. I met him in the early days of his experimentation with case hardening and Damascus browning. In those days, his Damascus browning was more to my liking than the case hardening.