Tom Curran
Elite Cafe Member
My understanding of Damascening is very limited. It's a word that I think gets mis-used to describe several techniques of precious metal decoration.
I read in Torsten Lenk's "The Flintlock" that it is gold foil pounded onto a roughened ground.
Foil? This implies very thin metal,eh.
Roughened ground. Well I know about gold overlay, with hedgehog barbs. This would be too rough for foil. Ecthed? Applied with punches, or chemically?
I see some examples in "the Flintlock" of gun barrels with Damascened decoration. It appears to be the same as the surface of the barrel, not raised, not cut in, but applied. In spots where the gold is worn off, it appears so very thin, like foil.
any thoughts appreciated.
Tom
Oh, I just went to WikiPedia, and here's this little info-mation: http://www.aimjewelry.com/damascene.htm
I read in Torsten Lenk's "The Flintlock" that it is gold foil pounded onto a roughened ground.
Foil? This implies very thin metal,eh.
Roughened ground. Well I know about gold overlay, with hedgehog barbs. This would be too rough for foil. Ecthed? Applied with punches, or chemically?
I see some examples in "the Flintlock" of gun barrels with Damascened decoration. It appears to be the same as the surface of the barrel, not raised, not cut in, but applied. In spots where the gold is worn off, it appears so very thin, like foil.
any thoughts appreciated.
Tom
Oh, I just went to WikiPedia, and here's this little info-mation: http://www.aimjewelry.com/damascene.htm
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