[TheForge] Meteoric iron - wrap it in foil

[MRScherm at aol.com]

After about a dozen attempts at getting an iron meteor to stick together when 
hammered, I wrapped it in stainless steel foil, the stuff sold to wrap tool 
steel before heat treating to avoid scale from oxidation.  Heated the package, 
forged it and ground off the stainless.  The knife that I made from it was 
very soft and good for conversation mostly.  Oh, and I also made the mistake of 
pickling the blade in nitric and it ate a hole right thru in a couple of 
places, I assume because of the non-metallics (crud) that was also in the meteorite.
Mike Schermerhorn