Silent film documenting hand-making damascus barels

[Bob Gerard]

Cannons Damas la Fabrication

[Clowdis]

Barrel makers who have spent many years working together. I wonder how long it took a master barrel maker to train his blacksmithing partner?

[Clark Badgett]

Barrel makers who have spent many years working together. I wonder how long it took a master barrel maker to train his blacksmithing partner?

Making a single product day in and day out, it wouldn’t take a very long time to become highly proficient.

[Craig Wilcox]

Thanks, Bob.  A good look at an old tradition.

Sometimes wish we still had those quieter, simpler days.

[Dphariss]

In England W Greener tells that until the fire was right they made trade barrels for the foreign market. Then once the fire was right they would start on the high quality barrels.
But the machine made Damascus put most of the forgers out of work in the later 19th c. After some riots… 
Great video.
Arm wrestling one of these guys would be a mistake.

[Bob Gerard]

These are skills pretty much lost to modernity. I was amazed how they could write a name in the barrel by manipulating the twists and bends of the metal as they hand forged it. Just amazing stuff.

[taterbug]

Cant imagine why such techniques would ever fall to the wayside...

I did like the 'scraper' at about 18 minutes.  Getting full use out of a military bayonet! 

[Dphariss]

There are Damascus knife makers that can make letters or images like a game bird in a bar.
The name in the Damascus was done by others as well.

[Not English]

Bob,
Thanks for posting. It's a FASCINATING video.

[Gtrubicon]

I really enjoyed that video. Master Craftsmen at work. It would be neat to have heard them explain exactly what they are doing and why, what they are looking for as they work the steel.

[Pukka Bundook]

I thought this thread was posted here not too long agao.
Must have been on another channel!

Good to see these highly skilled gents!

[bpd303]

Great video...

[yulzari]

I thought this thread was posted here not too long agao.
Must have been on another channel!

Good to see these highly skilled gents!

That would be by me Richard.
John

[Daryl]

I've tried to watch the video twice. The mudi  keeps putting me go sleep. They never get started.
Maybe I'm over tired?