Steve, that is beautiful work. I make custom knives but buy the Damascus blades. I have the most outlandish pieces of wood, but also do lapidary and use jade, MOP, Ty Rex dino bone, tigereye and other wild materials.
I have been collecting segments of Damascus and twist shotgun barrels a friend gives me after cutting them off to make Cowboy Action doubles. They like 22" barrels. I have been wondering if these when flattened could be forge welded onto a center piece of knife steel so the beauty of the Damascus and Twist could be added to the cutting quality of fine knife steel. Any thoughts on who might be able to do this?
Pete