Daryl,

The other gentlemen I am trying to contact make Damascus barrels using steels that end up looking like the older barrels. That said, if you can live with a Damascus steel made using modern technology, then Damasteel in Sweden have a new steel - 92x .y which can be browned to look just like traditional Damascus.

Stefan Gobec in Austria makes barrels using Damasteel if someone can accept Damascus manufactured using high tech methods and not the traditional way.