I made this 237 x 47 mm wide bevel gyuto, ladder pattern carbon damascus (billet from Alabama Damascus) with stabilized curly koa and green dyed box elder burl, white G10 and copper hardware, homemade mosaic pin. Ground to zero then sharpened, rounded spine and choil, ergonomic coke bottle shaped handle, blah, blah, blah... all that jazz people say to hype their wares.
If you look closely in the second pic, there are flaws in the pattern weld on the right side bevel, so instead of selling it at a discounted price, I'm planning to raffle it off with 100% of the proceeds donated to the local humane society. In my opinion, the flaw is aesthetic, not a problem structurally for a chef's knife (not a good flaw for a sword tho). My pupperino was adopted a few years ago from a pet rescue that merged with the humane society here, so I'm donating as a thank you and hopefully to help other pets that are looking for their furever homes.
I'll repost whenever my slow ass gets around to making the saya, if there's interest in raffle tickets.
The saya will probably be figured black walnut or quilted maple like the examples shown below:
Here's my happy furbaby:
