This knife was made using Nice yellow lip pearl from the South Pacific. My idea was to file a cross hatched pattern up the entire length of the handle. This allows the Pearl to flash from multiple points at the same time. The steel in the handle is and bolsters are done in a Ladder pattern.
This is the file work on the back of the knife. The pattern is "The Vine" and it runs to the tip of the blade.
On this knife I made the thumb opener out of Damascus steel. The piece was hand spun and then I cut facets on the face of the piece to give it a Diamond cut.