Pictured is a set of Parker 1877 G grade damascus barrels that I am in the process of finishing (about 3 more iterations and final logwood bath still remain). These are interesting in that they show three distinct and different components between the ribands on one of the tubes. This is somewhat unusual but clearly indicates that different rods were sometimes used in the construction of the tubes. These barrels also display more open "scrolls" than usually found on later Parker barrels. Could these atypical barrels be a set of Meriden produced barrels that EDM mentioned in his post? Who knows, but they are certainly an interesting set of barrels.