Over the summer, I had some time for some experimentation and in this case killed 3 birds with one stone!. I used a small piece of twisted damascus (1095 and 15N20, about 30 layers) for the blade. I turned the handle on a mini-lathe using purple heartwood. Last of all, I was able to put my aunt's name in the leather sheath - I was after a particular font, so it was a little tricky to transfer the small characters from the printout to the leather.