Selfmade Damascus knife

Damascus Kitchen Knife

grinding the overal shape out of flatt steel

milling the cover for the ebony handle out of steel

grinding the cover with Diamond files, until the knifetang fits perfect

painting the blade with decarburization protective varnish

after that the blade was hardend on air and after that cryo cycled with dry ice

etching of the blade

combining the blade with the handle, grinding, finishing

a few more pic's...