[TheForge] Meteoric iron - wrap it in foil

[Phlip]

Ene bichizh ogsen baina shuu...

> Andy,
>
> Check your mythology and various types of fantasy fiction.  The hero very
> frequently had a magical blade forged from a piece of a star.  In a book
> about Jim Bowie, The Iron Mistress (a considerably fictionalized account),
> when James Black was forging the first Bowie knife, he used a piece of
> meteorite in making it.
>
> So there is a very well documented precedent for using a meteorite to
infuse
> the magic of the gods into a blade.  Who knows -- maybe there is magic in
> it.  Even if not, it's really cool to have a meteorite blade. :-)
>
> Murf

Well, I was avoiding mentioning it, but in this case, the intended usage IS
as a ritual blade. Suspects, though, from what you guys are saying, I might
hafta tell her to buy a chunk from a different meteor.

Saint Phlip,
CoDoLDS

"When in doubt, heat it up and hit it with a hammer."
 Blacksmith's credo.

 If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it is probably not a
cat.

Never a horse that cain't be rode,
And never a rider who cain't be throwed....