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Twist "rough forged tubes" were MORE expensive than that those new fangled decarbonized and fluid steel, but less than pattern welded related to less complexity in fabrication

1897



And this was reflected by the turn-of-the-century gun prices



Both the Birmingham Proof House Trial and my study showed Twist to have just slightly less strength than crolle damascus, and both slightly less than decarbonized
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cvqRzkg0wEjhAAcFWr8gFi7aPFRsSIJ_hahfDxmrNAU/edit


Lloyd is correct that the vast majority of U.S. makers finished their Twist and Pattern Welded, in all grades, in black & white, English tubes were browned, and lots of Ferlach and French tubes were black & white acid etched.

Of course none of us can know what a fresh from the factory Twist barrel looked like now after 120 years, but we can get a clue looking at the contract underneath the FE - courtesy of Carl Brandt



This is probably as close to original colors as we're going to see; "Washington"



Ithaca Lewis model with Chain Damascus



A refinished Flues No. 1