Okay ... I know this is not exactly on topic, but there was too much talk of "steel" for a knifemaker to be quiet so I figured I'd chime in. In conjunction with another knifemaker, I am having a large quantity of iron meteorite smelted (induction furnace) with raw iron and 0.7% carbon to make an alloy I've named MeteorAlloy. It will be roughly chemically equivalent to 15N20 which makes an outstanding, fully hardenable knife blade ... except it will be created from meteorites. I know, I know ... once melted it's now no different than regular alloys but I was going for the major "WOW" factor. All my future blades will be made from MeteorAlloy. For those of you who know what one is, the 'hamon' or temper line should be awesome too.
All that said ... I've currently had to put my shop into storage prior to moving so I'll be unable to make anything for a little while.<sigh> Handmade Knives by D. Fronefield "Specializing in Meteorites and other exotic materials" http://hiwaay.net/~dfronfld ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
