Brass inlay set into Damascus bolsters
Inlay is patient work. In the usual method, the design is cut into the steel as shallow channels, brass is hammered into them, and the surface is then filed and polished flush, so the inlay sits level with the bolster around it. On this knife, both Damascus bolsters carry a geometric brass pattern, and the steel around it is etched so the layers show.
Between them, white bone is shaped to the 12 cm handle and polished smooth. Sialkot workshops have long worked bone, horn and brass alongside steel, and Pakistan Damascus knives like this one bring those materials together on a single folder with an 8.5 cm blade.
