Great job! I love your fit and finish after only 10 months. I, too, am curious about the change in pattern and would love to hear more about it. I just finished grinding a chefs' knife out of Alabama Damascus and it was a little weird. Thickness of my piece was 3/32" thick. I cut it out just fine on the band saw and I grinded the profile without any difficulty. When I started to drill my pin holes (1/4") and the lanyard hole (3/8") the drill cut fine for about the first 1/64" and then stopped drilling. It just so happened that I had bought a new set of carbon bits and the bit I was using was brand new. I was taking it very slow and applying very little pressure. Since it wouldn't drill I stopped and thought maybe a smaller pilot hole would help. So I changed to a 1/8" bit and it drilled straight through easily. Then back with the 1/4" bit and it was like the pilot hole wasn't even there - it would not drill. I turned it over and tried drilling the same hole from the other side - same result. I drilled fine for the first 1/64" and then stopped. When I first started I could see the bit actually grab the metal and remove It and there were shavings around the hole. When it stopped drilling the bit simply would not bite into the metal. I thought the bit might be bad so I got an old piece of 5/32" 1095 and the bit cut a perfect 1/4" hole. Finally I got the 1/4" bit from my old set and just laid on it. It wouldn't cut either but very quickly the bit and metal got red hot and I actually melted my way through the metal. Had the same problem and same results on all three holes. What's up with that? Thanks,
Wallace