Family heirloom of a king maybe. Meteorites were the only steel that existed before deep into the iron age. Before that, meteorites were forged into weapons by the worlds best blacksmiths for royalty. Only certain meteorites were capable of forging. I think a dagger was the largest example ever found, which was owned by Tutankhamun, the egyptian pharoh.
Imagine a sword made from that ! That would be one mythical sword 🗡️ perhaps that's how an ancient smith crafted the Excalibur from a meteor that people saw fall from the heavens and found
Beautiful piece I found this channel by an article done 7 months ago, I’ve been researching whether someone has made a 100% meteorite blade because most of them are a mix between meteorite and Damascus. One thing the article stated was meteorites lose their pattern forever if they hit over 900 degrees Fahrenheit, in the video it shows your piece becoming red hot which is more then 900 degrees Fahrenheit how did you manage to have the meteorite with its natural pattern?
Most of the time, no... Meteorite blades aren't usually done with 100% meteorite because of how soft they are, they don't hold an edge very well. Although, it's 100% possible and has been done before! But i have made a few daggers before, but not a sword. Hopefully soon i will, and it will likely be from this same meteorite as well.
As for the temperature thing, no. Just no. A meteorite is several thousand degrees when it lands. Most craters, in fact, are just patches where the planet got so hot, it vaporized. If the pattern can survive *that*, an oven won’t do anything.
The pattern of a meteorite is actually an artifact of how hot it is upon impact, the slow cooling from a liquid state causes the growth of dendrites. With enough heat you can destroy that type of pattern, but it is fairly difficult.
I LOVE IT! I used to be a die hard Sharpie fan, but now I use the Milwaukee Inkz-all. It is such a superior marker. If you forget to put the cap on and leave it overnight, it will still work in the morning!
Aww so lucky! I wish I had this! Probably the #1 coolest thing I have seen this year and it just started! Awesome! I hope I can one day learn to do stuff just like this. I can’t explain how beautiful it is I would give almost anything I have. But again I don’t have much which is sad.. but hey! At least I saw this
@Tristan Dare nice video and incredible masterpiece you made. One question: where did you buy the piece of meteorit? I suppose, its very very expensive, isnt it?
Thank you! It depends, they can be quite pricey for some of them. I have various suppliers across the world where I gather my meteorites from, some of which dig them up themselves
I want a pistol made of Damascus steel from a meteor, with wooly mammoth ivory grip panels. Some quality engraving and accented with gold inlay. Obviously this will never happen, but I can dream!
That depends highly if it is a fixed cartridge firearm or not… But, I may or may not have something in the works that almost exactly fits that description.
the is like Ancient Indonesia Wepon technology now is called as KERIS since before 1200 ac. Ancient infonesia weapon / good Keris make from Good Meteorit.
Always! I run into issues quite a bit with meteorite that results in failed blades. Just takes perfect process and knowing how to utilize the material!
Hey I edited my last comment I had a few more questions and I revised it. In the article it had stated was that meteorites lose their pattern forever after hitting past 900 degrees Fahrenheit, in the video it shows you getting the meteorite red hot which is more than 900 degrees Fahrenheit. How did you manage to have the meteorite with its natural pattern? Also did you make your blade out of 100% meteorite?
Yeah so what I’ve discovered is a technique to reduce the amount of pattern you lose. You can see in the end result it looked like it was going a little more grey, and the pattern looked a little blended? As opposed to actual meteorite that hasn’t been forged, how crisp that pattern is? That’s why, because it’s already having issues and the carbon is trying to disperse. And that’s where it’s taken me a decent amount of time to try and figure out a way to forge it but reduce the amount of carbon dispersion as much as possible, as well as maintain it from cracking, stretching faster than the steel which means you will get cold shuts, delaminating, and thick scale and decarb on the surface. Definitely one of the worst metals to forge, it’s very similar to cast iron sometimes.
@@jeb197 Partly, but you also shouldn’t forge a San-Mai construction into the shape of the blade. This is basically a 3-part construction, with the hard steel in the middle of the sandwich, and if you forge the shape of the blade with this construction you have a chance of distorting that sandwich and causing the softer steel (the meteorite) to become part of the cutting edge. So if it were a different Damascus pattern, which I do often now days, forging to shape is better ✌️
hahahahaha i don't know why how you hold the marker made me start laughing but it just looks like it's the first time you've ever held a writing utensil
It sold at auction a few years ago! Although I do make more pieces now days, that are available on my website and mailing list every few months at tristandareshop.com 🙌
Boah I'm a chef and would love to have a piece of art like this as a chef knife to use for shows. Any chance you can make me one and I buy it off you 😅
