My 1st Damascus!

[Bruce Day]

Originally Posted by Daniel Carter

Thank you, i have a 10 with that pattern under a cold blue that i have been thinking of having redone.

You should be able to take the cold blue off with a weak acid such as vinegar. The barrels may have good original patterning visible. Some people cold blued Damascus barrels to disguise them as fluid steel.

[Woodcock survey]

Originally Posted by Bruce Day

You should be able to take the cold blue off with a weak acid such as vinegar. The barrels may have good original patterning visible. Some people cold blued Damascus barrels to disguise them as fluid steel.

Thank you, i did that and found that the original finish had been removed and looked bad.

[Dean Romig]

I once bought a 1903 GH 12 gauge that had blued over Damascus barrels.
I sent the barrels to Dale Edmonds for refinishing and the pattern was really interesting however, the tubes didn't match, in fact the different ribbands didn’t even match, which made me wonder if Parker had blued them for this very reason.

Having the barrels refinished cost me more than the gun. The 30" barrels had been cut to 27" and I used it exclusively for Skeet.


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[B. Dudley]

Anyone who thinks they can removing bluing and there will be original finish (damascus or case color) “hiding” underneath is seriously kidding themselves.

[Mike of the Mountain]

Welcome to “hammer gun fun”!