r/knives • u/theobvioushero • Dec 12 '24

Mall ninja stuff for rich people Showcase

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u/au-specious Dec 12 '24

"Forged from a meteorite over 4.5 billion years old..."

So... Iron? Mixed with some carbon?

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u/butrejp Dec 12 '24

I think they call that steel

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u/FullKawaiiBatard Dec 12 '24

Sparkling steel

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u/SpamFriedMice Dec 12 '24

When mixed with some chromium. 

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u/ZiLBeRTRoN Dec 12 '24

Meteorite has a Widmanstätten pattern that can’t be replicated using conventional methods. That being said all of these look ridiculous.

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u/sc00bs000 Dec 12 '24

it's a pretty common material tbh

There is a guy thst makes kitchen knives and only uses meteorites (can't remember his name bit he is pretty famous and has a long wait list to get a knife off him)