My first attempt at making canister damascus from steel nails and powder 1095 steel mixed with 4% pure nickle powder (to make it etch bright like 15n20). I forge welded a piece of k720 steel on one ...

"Ninety-Five Carbon, Cold Rolled Annealed Strip Steel, also known as AISI 1095 carbon spring steel, is the very finest of commercial quality (standard grade) High Carbon Spring Steel Strip available." ...