brilliant quality product, I have almost finished my 4th knife with this steel, and it is absolutely fantastic. will be ordering my 5th piece in a week or two. as u grind away at the surface, the pattern will completely change and become one of far more intricacy and beauty. and as I have had a few pieces, to my eye the patterns in the steel are very consistent, not identical by any means but if you were going to try to make two blades as similar as you could, i think the consistency in the steel would allow this. as u can probably tell I am a fan of this product and as a bonus, it comes at a great price.