Dan Petersen Bowie 10.5" Damascus Cocobolo

In Dan's Words: "This is a damascus blade using a canister technique. The steels in the blade are all high carbon that include W2, 1095, 15N20.  I figure the mean carbon content is around 0.9.  A number of pieces of damascus that I already had were cut up into small to medium pieces as were the W2 pieces and placed in the can. The 1095 was in the form of a powder that filled up the canister around the inserted pieces. After forging the canister and grinding off the "canister" portion the remainder was a solid bar with damascus/high carbon pattern that you see in the blade. The blade was ground, hand sanded to a 800 grit finish and then etched in ferric chloride solution to bring out the pattern. The handle is cocobolo wood from South America that I purchased over a decade ago. It is a highly stable wood and naturally contains oil. In sunlight it will darken over time. It is a very dense and hard wood with natural beauty.The fittings (e.g., guard, spacer, buttcap) are stainless with a few brass thin spacers. The tang of the blade near the buttcapp has a welded small coupler that allows the buttcap to be screwed tightly to the handle."