DID PARKER BLACKEN SOME DAMASCUS/COMPOSITE BARRELS?

[Drew Hause]

Bruce posted this D3 refinished by Dale



1900 GH D3 refinished by Craig Smith courtesy of Mike Stahle with a similar pattern



Jerry: could you please post or send me a full size image of that 3rd pic, by jpg attachment, so I can crop, enhance and add it to the album?
revdoc2@cox.net and thanks!

[J. A. EARLY]

Drew,

I will send it tonight.

[Parker Bachelder (Brad's Profile)]

The only examples of blackening composite barrels that I have witnessed is in Ithica Lefevers.
If you observe original barrels you will notice an overall Patina beyond the simple contrast. This Patina is not just from age, it is an intentional final finish that blends the composite pattern uniformly. The uniform darkening serves to de-emphasise the stark contrast of multiple patterns and non-matching tubes.
In our finishing process we refer to this last step as the "conversion step".
Barrels that are finished to the contrast only state are certianly very interesting but not truely representative of the methods used in original finishing .
Mismatched Ribands and anomilies are very common. Perfectly matched tubes are hand selected and usually reserved for higher graded guns.

Brad

[Mike Stahle]

Originally Posted by Drew Hause

Bruce posted this D3 refinished by Dale



1900 GH D3 refinished by Craig Smith courtesy of Mike Stahle with a similar pattern



Jerry: could you please post or send me a full size image of that 3rd pic, by jpg attachment, so I can crop, enhance and add it to the album?
revdoc2@cox.net and thanks!

Wow! I thought that picture & barrels looked very familiar.
So what pattern are my barrels?
Has this picture been put into a picture file with other barrels I can check out?

[Drew Hause]

It's Parker D3 3 Iron 'Turkish' Mike
http://www.picturetrail.com/sfx/album/view/19025099