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Etched Damascus #302540 12/01/12 11:00 AM
Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 265 Mid-Atlantic kcordell OP Sidelock
OP kcordell Sidelock Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 265 Mid-Atlantic	Does anyone have knowledge of American shotgun makers who factory etched their Damascus barrels? Has anyone had etched Damascus barrels redone? If so can you post pics? Thanks

Re: Etched Damascus kcordell #302551 12/01/12 12:12 PM
Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 9,758 Likes: 460 AZ but dreaming of KS Drew Hause Sidelock
Drew Hause Sidelock Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 9,758 Likes: 460 AZ but dreaming of KS	I'm not aware of any major U.S. maker who offered etched damascus; nor were the Lindner Daly's sold by Schoverling, Daly & Gales (rountinely) etched. And much of what passed as etched on low quality Belgian imports was roll-graved 'faux damascus'. "Has anyone had etched Damascus barrels redone?" Excellent question and I also would very much like to see pics! https://sites.google.com/a/damascusknowledge.com/www/home

Re: Etched Damascus kcordell #302561 12/01/12 12:47 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,856 Likes: 15 USA obsessed-with-doubles Sidelock
obsessed-with-doubles Sidelock Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,856 Likes: 15 USA	Wow - so faux damascus really existed? I didn't know that, and I was just talking to a guy about this yesterday. Do you know how/why they did this? Was fluid that much cheaper? Thanks for the info. OWD Good Gun Alerts & more: www.DogsandDoubles.com

Re: Etched Damascus kcordell #302562 12/01/12 12:49 PM
Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 265 Mid-Atlantic kcordell OP Sidelock
OP kcordell Sidelock Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 265 Mid-Atlantic	Thanks, I am In deep contemplation trying to determine If I should get these barrels redone. It is an American arms 10 gauge That I believe was etched at the factory. Unfortunately, there's some very light scuff marks on the barrel where it appears somebody may have tried to steel wool some very minor surface rust. If it wasn't such a nice quality gun, I wouldn't contemplate doing so.

Re: Etched Damascus kcordell #302600 12/01/12 06:58 PM
Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 3,971 Likes: 103 Texas Joe Wood Sidelock
Joe Wood Sidelock Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 3,971 Likes: 103 Texas	Please tell me what you mean by "etched". John McCain is my war hero.

Re: Etched Damascus Joe Wood #302606 12/01/12 07:48 PM
Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 12,743 Lynchburg TN 2-piper Sidelock
2-piper Sidelock Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 12,743 Lynchburg TN	Originally Posted By: Joe Wood Please tell me what you mean by "etched". "Etched" translates to acid eaten. The bbls are left in an acid solution long enough the easier to etch metal is actually eaten down below the surface of the harder to etch metal, thus the pattern can actually be felt as well as seen. Miller/TN I Didn't Say Everything I Said, Yogi Berra

Re: Etched Damascus kcordell #302609 12/01/12 08:04 PM
Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 3,269 Likes: 459 Southern Miss John Roberts Sidelock
John Roberts Sidelock Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 3,269 Likes: 459 Southern Miss	Leave them alone! JR Be strong, be of good courage. God bless America, long live the Republic.

Re: Etched Damascus kcordell #302612 12/01/12 08:46 PM
Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 1,850 West Dakota J.R.B. Sidelock
J.R.B. Sidelock Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 1,850 West Dakota	I agree with John Roberts. Leave them alone. If Drew Hause's pic is an example of acid etched, it looks like it was left to rust in a manure pile. Practice safe eating. Always use a condiment.

Re: Etched Damascus kcordell #302615 12/01/12 09:07 PM
Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 9,758 Likes: 460 AZ but dreaming of KS Drew Hause Sidelock
Drew Hause Sidelock Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 9,758 Likes: 460 AZ but dreaming of KS	Acid etching, though obviously done in France and Belgium, was particularly popular in Germany & Austria. The damascus sample display in the Buchsenmacher u. Jagdmuseum of Ferlach, Austria has the segments paired; one 'black & white' and one etched http://www.picturetrail.com/sfx/album/view/20069190 Acid etched crolle By J.J. Dupont Acid etched Twist Last edited by Drew Hause; 12/01/12 09:18 PM. https://sites.google.com/a/damascusknowledge.com/www/home

Re: Etched Damascus kcordell #302616 12/01/12 09:14 PM
Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 9,758 Likes: 460 AZ but dreaming of KS Drew Hause Sidelock
Drew Hause Sidelock Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 9,758 Likes: 460 AZ but dreaming of KS	Acid etching is a very old process dating to the third millennium B.C. in India. The Hohokam of AZ used citus juices to etch seashells. The process of etching barrels likely started where pattern welded barrels began; Anatolia - Bulgaria and Asia Minor c. 1700 Turkish musket (miquelet) with acid etched 2 Iron crolle at the breech and acid etched twist toward the muzzle Last edited by Drew Hause; 12/01/12 09:19 PM. https://sites.google.com/a/damascusknowledge.com/www/home

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