My first knife scales

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My first knife scales Jan 15, 2015 8:23:00 GMT -5

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Jan 15, 2015 7:14:33 GMT -5 gingerkid said:

There's a couple of discussions on the knife forum, and here's one that mentions a DIY vid:

www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/1167796-Meteorite-knife

I like that pocket knife by Mark Knapp. Based on the etch pattern it looks like the blade is strictly iron meteorite and the handles are inlaid with a pallasite meteorite (iron-nickel and olivine crystals).

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My first knife scales Jan 16, 2015 16:28:35 GMT -5 via mobile

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www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/1146759-Something-different-from-me-from-out-of-this-world?highlight=Meteorite+folder

The meteorite itself was an Octahedrite meteorite named Muonionalusta found in Sweden in 1906. The pattern is naturally formed in the meteorite while cooling, they call it "Widmanstatten" pattern.

The scales are slices of another kind of meteorite with olivine (peridot) crystals in it and a nickel-iron matrix. The meteorite named Imilak was found in Chile in 1822. The scales are set in damascus frames that I skelitonized so you could see light through the knife when you held it up.

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My first knife scales Jan 16, 2015 20:39:57 GMT -5

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Jan 16, 2015 16:28:35 GMT -5 @shotgunner said:

www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/1146759-Something-different-from-me-from-out-of-this-world?highlight=Meteorite+folder

The meteorite itself was an Octahedrite meteorite named Muonionalusta found in Sweden in 1906. The pattern is naturally formed in the meteorite while cooling, they call it "Widmanstatten" pattern.

The scales are slices of another kind of meteorite with olivine (peridot) crystals in it and a nickel-iron matrix. The meteorite named Imilak was found in Chile in 1822. The scales are set in damascus frames that I skelitonized so you could see light through the knife when you held it up.

Muonionalusta is one of the more common iron meteorites. I don't think I have any of that in my collection though and don't know anything about its stability.

vegasjames no longer being taken for granite Member since June 2013 Posts: 9,559	My first knife scales Jan 16, 2015 20:40:31 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by vegasjames on Jan 16, 2015 20:40:31 GMT -5 Here is a link to pics of a small portion of my collection. Mainly the irons. meteoritejunction.com/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=190&st=0&sk=t&sd=a

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My first knife scales Jan 16, 2015 21:49:23 GMT -5 via mobile

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Jan 16, 2015 20:40:31 GMT -5 vegasjames said:

Here is a link to pics of a small portion of my collection. Mainly the irons.

meteoritejunction.com/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=190&st=0&sk=t&sd=a

Have you hounded any of your own?

Muonions should be affordable. Large pieces still being found.

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My first knife scales Jan 16, 2015 21:57:24 GMT -5

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Jan 16, 2015 21:49:23 GMT -5 @shotgunner said:

Jan 16, 2015 20:40:31 GMT -5 vegasjames said:

Here is a link to pics of a small portion of my collection. Mainly the irons.

meteoritejunction.com/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=190&st=0&sk=t&sd=a

Have you hounded any of your own?

Muonions should be affordable. Large pieces still being found.

Yes, I look for them all the time when I am out. That is actually how I found several other things including the red selenite deposit and what I was told was silicified variscite and Tiffany stone.

Have had one sample at the lab now for 8 years that I am still waiting on an answer to. And several other suspects that I have not sent off yet. Did find one highly oxidized iron meteorite in the wall of a wash just outside of Las Vegas.

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My first knife scales Jan 17, 2015 0:33:32 GMT -5

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Jan 16, 2015 22:01:57 GMT -5 @shotgunner said:

Excellent. You are awesome!

I have "find a meteorite" on my bucket list.

Gold Basin in Arizona has one of the largest strewn fields in the U.S. There are also the Franconia and Holbrook fields in Arizona. Although Franconia is also strewn with all sorts of military ordinance including some that is still live.

For California, I have been out to Coyote Dry Lake without success, but some meteorites have been found out there.

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My first knife scales Jan 21, 2015 23:46:35 GMT -5

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Jan 17, 2015 0:33:32 GMT -5 vegasjames said:

Jan 16, 2015 22:01:57 GMT -5 @shotgunner said:

Excellent. You are awesome!

I have "find a meteorite" on my bucket list.

Gold Basin in Arizona has one of the largest strewn fields in the U.S. There are also the Franconia and Holbrook fields in Arizona. Although Franconia is also strewn with all sorts of military ordinance including some that is still live.

For California, I have been out to Coyote Dry Lake without success, but some meteorites have been found out there.

Thanks James.

I have a tentative plan to make a 3-4' wide 'magnets' bar on wheels with a lawnmower handle to push ahead of me thru the desert. There are likely to be meteorites evenly disbursed worldwide (small ones landing like salt on a hamburger), only the strewn fields of larger shattered meteors having denser accumulation. Maybe if I make my bar we can meet up and walk some dry lakes together.... Seems like a beer drinkin' sport to me... lol

I'll finish your ball, then we can talk meteorite walks, free delivery!

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My first knife scales Jan 23, 2015 2:30:34 GMT -5

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Jan 21, 2015 23:46:35 GMT -5 @shotgunner said:

Jan 17, 2015 0:33:32 GMT -5 vegasjames said:

Gold Basin in Arizona has one of the largest strewn fields in the U.S. There are also the Franconia and Holbrook fields in Arizona. Although Franconia is also strewn with all sorts of military ordinance including some that is still live.

For California, I have been out to Coyote Dry Lake without success, but some meteorites have been found out there.

Thanks James.

I have a tentative plan to make a 3-4' wide 'magnets' bar on wheels with a lawnmower handle to push ahead of me thru the desert. There are likely to be meteorites evenly disbursed worldwide (small ones landing like salt on a hamburger), only the strewn fields of larger shattered meteors having denser accumulation. Maybe if I make my bar we can meet up and walk some dry lakes together.... Seems like a beer drinkin' sport to me... lol

I'll finish your ball, then we can talk meteorite walks, free delivery!

Sounds good except the beer part. I don't drink beer or coffee. Cannot stand the taste or smell of either.

When you do your magnets make sure to "cup" them to strengthen their power. What I did for my larger rare earth magnet was I took a 300 pound pull rare earth magnet and cut a pipe slightly larger the diameter of the magnet. Spacers come in handy here since you should have about about a 1/4" gap around the magnet. And cap the one end by welding a cap over it or depending on the pipe you can sometimes find push in pipe caps at the hardware store. Also a good idea to coat the exposed magnet end with some epoxy or tool dip to protect the magnet from being broken if suddenly pulled hard to a metallic object such as an iron meteorite.

The reason for the "cupping" is that it helps direction the magnetic forces thereby increasing the magnetic pull of the magnet. Like the weak refrigerator magnets, which are in slightly larger steel cups, which increases their magnetic pull.

Also search meteorite junction. We have discussed magnetic rakes on there in the past so you can look at some other people's designs to see what they tried and what worked for them.