I went to an auction Saturday that had a bunch of shop tools. I was a rainy day so there were not the usual large group that usually shows up for this sort of thing. I got one of the things I have been looking for, a drill press but had to wait after they had gone through the tools and and large equipment since I was parked pretty far back and didn't want to lug the drill press all the way to the car. They started selling smaller miscellaneous stuff and this knife came up, to make a long story short I bought it for $2.00. I has a good edge on it now, I think it is hand made and is Damascus steel. Are you supposed to do anything special when sharpening, or taking care of a knife like this? Please excuse the quality of the pictures.