[TheForge] Meteoric iron - wrap it in foil

[Chuck Robinson]

Hey Andy,
The Widmanstatten structure is only found in meteorites with the correct
proportions of Nickel and Iron that cools over a very long time.
The price of meteorites varies greatly from a few dollars per gram to many
thousands of dollars per gram for rare specimens.
I only make knives that will do their primary function-namely cut.
If a customer wants a piece of "the stars" in the blades furniture, it's
Jake with me.
I wish I had some of the steel elevator cable from the WTC to make memorial
blades from it.
Chuck
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andy Vida" <osan at netlabs.net>
To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 6:18 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Meteoric iron - wrap it in foil


>
>
> Chuck Robinson wrote:
> >
> > The meteorite I use that forges pretty well is GIBEON.
> >  I find it every so often on Ebay.
> > There are  a lot of meteorites, with the wrong composition, that will
not
> > forge.
> > You need to identify the source.
>
> What I don't understand about all this is why would anyone want
> a blade forged from meteorite when the heat destroys all the
> attractive visual features of the material.  I guess it must
> be the misguided sense of having something rare and unique, no?
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