This piece is a Damascus blade, with a Damascus hilt and haft. The blade has 2 billets forged together back to back.
Previously they each had forty layers of spring and mild steel forged into them for a total of eighty layers of steel. They were forged then twisted before being forged together.
The cutting edge is made of spring steel and was forged to the blade. The handle is beefwood, an Australian native timber. |