J-BAR #18287 Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 I found this silent black and white movie about Belgian craftsmen forging Damascus barrels in the 1920s on YouTube. The background music is wonderful and the finished barrels are breathtaking. When you have 25 minutes to spare, and you want to take the risk of wanting to add a Damascus shotgun to your collection... https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fa9dlvRDuQU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 At one time there was a youtube video of a gunmaker at Williamsburg, Virginia, making flintlocks from scratch. He made his own barrel from aq flat piece of steel. I don't think he forged the blank, but he did form the barrel on a mandrel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twelve mile REB Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 I love Damascus steel and have several shotguns with what i consider beautiful barrels. I also have a few very well made Damascus knifes. It's the craftsmanship not the utility most modern pieces are better because we learned to make better metal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 Amazing work, thank you for posting that. Stealing it to post on FB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Bill Mathewson, 37826 Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 J-Bar thanks for posting this. Did you notice not one of them was wearing a glove. My grandfather always said you can't work with your hands covered up. Only one had a pair of glasses and I would guess they were not safety glass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-BAR #18287 Posted February 21, 2021 Author Share Posted February 21, 2021 31 minutes ago, Buffalo Bill Mathewson, 37826 said: Did you notice not one of them was wearing a glove. OSHA inspectors would have a stroke. These are not kids, and none of them are fat. And the skills pretty much died with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesa Horg Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 20 hours ago, Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 said: At one time there was a youtube video of a gunmaker at Williamsburg, Virginia, making flintlocks from scratch. He made his own barrel from aq flat piece of steel. I don't think he forged the blank, but he did form the barrel on a mandrel. Saw that video. It's amazing that they could make hundreds of rifles that way, seems it would take forever and the war would be over by the time they produced enough! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 3 hours ago, Eyesa Horg said: Saw that video. It's amazing that they could make hundreds of rifles that way, seems it would take forever and the war would be over by the time they produced enough! Yeah, wasn't exactly a Henry Ford production line kind of operation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesa Horg Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 That's for dang sure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 Did you notice they were all wearing wooden footwear and not leather? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 On 2/20/2021 at 3:38 PM, Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 said: At one time there was a youtube video of a gunmaker at Williamsburg, Virginia, making flintlocks from scratch. He made his own barrel from aq flat piece of steel. I don't think he forged the blank, but he did form the barrel on a mandrel. I tried to find it but couldn't. I remember it being posted here on the wire a few years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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