Marshall's of Birmingham

Damascus patterns illustrated in the 1956 Shooters Bible, probably from an early 1900s sales brochure by Marshall's of Birmingham. From a booklet published by E. Heuse-Lemoine 'Manufacture of Damascus Gun Barrels' "...it was from Paris that the first imitation came to us for the researches in the combining some mixture of iron and steel in order to produce figures which we call Damascus, such as Turkish Damascus, Bernard, Leclerk, Parisien Damascus, etc. to an infinate number of names, as the combinations that compose the figures of the Damascus vary constantly...with the only difference, that in these the variery is produced by the colours on the surface, whilst the figures on the damascus are produced by the substance or material like the designs or patterns in our linen weavers. What is the Turkish or Curled Damascus, the Horse-shoe, the Boston, etc. that are derived from them." Other common damascus names include "Damas Crollé Turc (Turkish)", "Oxford", "Horseshoe", "Moire", "Turc miné blanc", and "Etoilé (Star)".