First Damascus

[Mike Franzen]

Beautiful gun! Damascus ribs are hard to read because of all swirling patterns.

[Dan]

When I strain my eyes to look at this rib it appears to me that the wording has been engraved and not rolled, what do you think?

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by Daniel B Sweet

When I strain my eyes to look at this rib it appears to me that the wording has been engraved and not rolled, what do you think?

My suggestion would be to put it beside a known roll stamped gun and a factory vent rib gun (if I was informed correctly all vent rib guns were engraved on top the rib) then see which it matches more closely .

[Dan]

I have compared it to my factory vent rib CHE, it looks nothing like it, much smaller. I also compared it to my VH "Flat rib", both the VH & CHE are easy to see and you can tell the lettering has been pressed into the rib, the Damascus rib besides being smaller is a different style of lettering, almost like script and has not been pressed in.

[mobirdhunter]

Originally Posted by Daniel B Sweet

I have compared it to my factory vent rib CHE, it looks nothing like it, much smaller. I also compared it to my VH "Flat rib", both the VH & CHE are easy to see and you can tell the lettering has been pressed into the rib, the Damascus rib besides being smaller is a different style of lettering, almost like script and has not been pressed in.

Dan, I can't see the rib that well, but what I see does look like engraving rather than stamping. Regardless, that's a beauty.