Paddling man,
..It is hard to describe without seeing it first hand but you did a nice job! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />
Yeah he did!
I vote that bld522 be made the official describer of weird things found on Scrap Yard knives.
bld522: "..crooked, star-shaped patterns emanating from a central core. The patterning looks something like a spiny starfish only with many more arms."