[sparklite2]

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[Ciaphas Cain]

Pretty cool. I used to know a guy who hand-made a few knives out of iron meteorite.

[Larry Lucido]

Looks kind of advanced.

[ClearCase_guy]

[fhayek]

Well, when it comes right down to it, everything (and everyone) comes from space.

[blam]

Why Did King Tut Have A Knife Made Out Of Meteorite?

[metmom]

And they call Christians crazy?

[Terry Mross]

How hot does it have to be to smelt iron ore? And dud the ancients have capabilities?

[GingisK]

These guys are way behind in their reading. I’m pretty certain that Excalibur was made from meteor iron.

[mairdie]

Wonderful thread, sparklite. Thank you.

[LegendHasIt]

Most meteoritic iron is almost like Stainless steel... Does not rust away like most early smelted iron, due to high nickel content. So, any ancient iron artifacts found buried for centuries, in all but the driest climate / ground are very likely to be of meteoric iron.

Back in my knife making days I made a few small knife blades completely out of meteorite, and when I made ‘damascus’ I always used at least a small piece of meteorite in it ‘for the magick’. Some of my best blades were layered meteorite and a medium carbon steel. If I could have afforded it, I’d have worked only with meteorite.