Possible Meteoric.....
			 
			 
			
		
		
		
			
			Looking at the pattern on this beautiful blade reminds me of a "lightly" forged Widmanstatten structure.  Did Phil Tom use an acid blend like Aqua Regia (a mixture of hydrochloric acid and nitric acid) to bring out this pattern? 
 
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