Extraterrestrial knife-shaped display object

[UNCLEMIKE13]

Just finished this one. Strictly a "display" object.

Blade: etched Gibeon meteorite
Guard: Etched Muonionalusta metorite
Grip: English walnut

Blade length: 7 3/8 inches
Overall length: 12 inches

Thanks for looking,

Michael

 

[James Terrio]

That's very cool! 2thumbs

 

[Dwane Oliver]

Holly Cow , that is WAYYYYY COOOL.
Did you cut it from a meteor or forge it out of one ?

 

[UNCLEMIKE13]

Thanks guys.

Holly Cow , that is WAYYYYY COOOL.
Did you cut it from a meteor or forge it out of one ?

Dwane - This was ground from a cut slice of the meteor. Forging heats would destroy the crystaline patterns. It is purely a diaplay piece.

Michael

 

[BossDog]

gads...how big was that piece of meteor? that Widmanstätten pattern is really nice.
something that big had a name of the fall - which one was it?

 

[maxcutter03]

OHHHH I have to say it.......Out of this world.....That is a good looking cutter!

 

[Les Voorhies]

Correct me if I'm wrong but I think "Gibeon" is the name of the fall (Africa?)

 

[BossDog]

I'm back again...I can't get over this one...
how many grams was that?
really a fantastic knife. who ever gets that is going to be proud..

 

[wdtorque]

Wow! Hard for me to comprehend really. I'm with Tracy, fantastic. Dozier

 

[UNCLEMIKE13]

Thanks all.

gads...how big was that piece of meteor? that Widmanstätten pattern is really nice.
something that big had a name of the fall - which one was it?

Gibeon Meteorite
Location: Great Namaqualand, Namibia, Africa
Time of fall: Prehistoric
Discovered: 1838
Composition: Fe - 91.8%
Ni - 7.7%
Co - 0.5%
P - 0.04%
Ir - 2.4 ppm
Ga - 1.97 ppm
Ge - 0.111 ppm

This slice weighed approx. 280 grams when I started. Didn't weigh it after I got through grinding.

Michael

 

[Denny Eller]

Wow! That is amazing!