Half finished viking Gotland style knife and sheath

This is a reproduction of a viking age knife and plated sheath find from Gotland around 10 century that I’m working on. It’s about half done as shown now and I though some viewers would find it interesting to see some of the plate layer details before I do the riveting. I’m using a simple and inexpensive but rather nice raindrop damascus blade I bought on ebay from a smith in Rajastan in India. Raindrop pattern, also called “fish eye“ damascus was common thoughout europe from early iron age and onwards an