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Originally Posted by VANDOO
TAKE A LOOK AT ENDED EBAY AUCTION #6585616474 , BOKER METEORITE DAMSACUS FOLDING KNIFE, MADE USING METEORITE MATERIAL IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT TROUBLES AND TECKNIQUES THEY USED TO MAKE THEM. A MIGHTY EXPENSIVE POCKET KNIFE YOU SURE WOULDN'T WANT TO LOSE THAT PUPPY.
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As the auction stated, this knife was made from one of the most commonly transformed meteorite to edged weapons (especially by the local natives)... the Gibeon nickel-iron Meteorite from Namibia, Africa. This meteorite is fairly malleable and easy to work with. If you were going to try this, this would be the meteorite I would suggest. There is a lot of history in edged weapons making with this one. Just heat and beat into shape.
I have even seen a local made spear tip that was polished and etched... that still had the Widmanstatten pattern! obviously, it was not forged as this knife was. The knife almost exibits pamor.