Imagine an ancient Damascus marketplace. Undulating shadows dance like dervishes as desert breezes disturb the patterned fabrics overhead. Darkness and light create a constantly shifting kaleidoscope of mesmerizing shapes as you search for a particular blacksmith’s souk. At last! Heat and sound emanate from an alcove, secluded from other vendors and hidden between sandstone walls. Haunting melodies from a stringed qanun nearby blend with the scents of mysterious spices and transport you back to a different world; a world lost in time…

The heart of these beautifully designed pistols is one-of-a-kind, hand-forged, Eggerling Mosaic Damascus steel. Made from a unique blend of carbon steels and nickel, Eggerling Mosaic Damascus is coveted by high-end manufacturers around the world. And like any gifted artist, Mr. Eggerling not only sees patterns and evolves new techniques that mere mortals can’t begin to conceive, he has the rare ability to quilt together steels with a virtuoso’s touch. Eggerling literally transforms his inner thoughts into steel, as a painter would to canvas.

And yet, creating a single Damascus billet large enough for multiple weapons is an extraordinary accomplishment few blacksmiths achieve. For Cabot, Mr. Eggerling succeeded, forging an exclusive pattern into a single billet of Mosaic Damascus – enough to manufacture four custom pistols. And thus, the Mosaic Damascus 1911 was born.