Quote Originally Posted by ignatz View Post
Buddel;

You do nice work.

It seems a shame to waste that piece of Damascus pattern welding work after all the time it must have taken to produce it.

May I suggest you experiment with it and try hammer forging a piece of regular steel around it to form the handle. It might yet produce an interesting result. Please see my (crude) drawing below.

- Ignatz
That is not a crude drawing. It's very good! - and a great idea, making a neat Damascus Frameback.

How cool is that?