The blade has 82 layers of mild and O1 which I twisted to give a star twist pattern.
However, there was a serious fault in one side of the blade and when I ground it out
I had lost more steel on the side which shows the "star twist" pattern than on the
other "maiden's hair" patterned side. The handle is Mexican Rosewood with a brass
spacer and one steel pin.
After finishing this knife I realized that the pin makes it look like the tang is really
short. It does, however, extend 3/4 of the handle length. For this reason I have always
subsequently placed a pin near the end of the tang, so it is obvious how far it extends
into the handle.
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