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Originally Posted by ward
no It is not a acid etched pattern. just a well made pattern weld
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Hi Ward,
Are you saying the pattern welded barrel design is brought out by polishing only?
My understanding is the barrels were polished and then etched in an acidic soultion to bring out the pattern clearly.
In no way am I inferring this barrel to be a type of "false damacus", its a rare and amazing example of a Turkish firearm.
Ward,
Can you show photo's of the locks? Am assuming they are mounted with a type of miquelet lock.
rand