Originally Posted By: PeteM
Excellent work on the film! I knew it existed but not the name. It is mentioned in the April, 1976 American Rifleman article by Jean Puraye. An effort to document the damascus barrel making process at the end.

IMDB says it was released under 3 titles:
Les Canons damas a  Nessonvaux,(Belgium: French title)
De Gedamasceerde kanonnen van Nessonvaux,(Belgium: Flemish title)
The Production of Damascus Steel Guns in Nessonvaux (Belgium: English title)

According to IMDB the Production company was Musee de la vie Wallonne. Which is currently closed.... If any one has a copy, they will.

Drew, take another look at the Puraye article, last page of part I. Have you recently seen any Turkish Etched damascus?
http://www.doublegunshop.com/forums/ubbt...=true#Post49109

Pete


Well, after a lot of negotiating I was able to acquire the 1924 film, as most are aware. I was stunned during my visit last year to discover there is a 1934 version. It shows not only the barrel makers, but also the large slabs of red hot damascus flowing through the rolling mill. There is no way they will discuss releasing that 1934 film.

I did acquire a recent book from Belgium that documents much of this. If my math is close, the billets started out, 4.5 meters long by 1.285 wide by .713 high. This weighed 71 pounds more or less depending on the patterns iron to steel mix. (I have heard that at one time the billets were 2x this size.) After initial rolling it was cut to 50cm (19.6") long by 14cm wide (5.5") by 3.05cm (1.2") high. This secondary billet weighed close to 36 pounds. This would produce approximately 9 barrels. The rolling mill was using approximately 42 tons of pressure.

They had a set montly schedule for producing various types of damascus. The mill paid a royalty to the patent holder for each pattern. This cost was passed on to the barrel makers. The barrel makers had to place their order for the stock patterns in advance. Special patterns, like "Remington" embedded into the damascus were billed based on time and labor.

Pete

http://www.damascus-barrels.com/Movie.html