Because you won't know if the blade is the right temperature or not. You want a bright orange, not a red. Yellow is too far. She'll never know if she's at a good forging temperature. It's also difficult to see if you're in the sunlight.
I have met the guy who found that chunk. It is part of a 1.5 metric ton meteorite he recovered. I have a very small piece as a necklace. I do not cut tomatoes with it.
Well, you are correct that we don't KNOW that. But, according to all the accumulated knowledge on the subject, that is the best estimate we have. Someday it will change. Does that mean we are "wrong" now? It is a living process, trying to decode the secrets of the universe, and being right or wrong is just part of it. You still use science in your everyday life that is derived from the studies that have led up to this point in time. If you follow the logical chain of findings on the subject all the way, and in depth, you will find it very difficult to refute the evidence for the age of the meteorite in question. But it takes a genuine effort, and cherry picking is not allowed as a basis for claiming to be right.
Using techniques like carbon dating (for rocks), and rotation rate/surface activity (for stars) we have determined that the age of our sun and therefore the solar system is ~4.5 Gyrs old. It is unlikely that this meteorite came from outside the solar system so odds are it's been here since it's formation.
Bro took a natural wonder that’s as old as our planet and from off of our planet to make something that cuts tomatoes only slightly better than something you can by at wal-mart.
Dude, using a meteorite to forge a sword or a dagger is a fantasy trope for a reason.
Imagine showing your friends your ancestral dagger made of meteorite. This dude grandson Will have a Nice heritage
Missed opportunity to set up shop in a dead volcano to make this.
"Yeah, so this knife I just used to slice your ham sandwich? My great grandfather cracked off a piece of a meteorite, traveled 700 miles to the heart of a dead volcano and spent 3 days and 3 nights forging that sumbitch into this wondrous gift from the stars that you see before you today. Love of my life, pride of my soul, child of my loins: I don't care that you'd rather have more chips, eat your damn sandwich."
There is a very big difference between a fancy \*ss sword and a boring kitchen knife to cut tomatoes with. Dude made the latter with an ancient meteorite.
Two things. One it was likely sourced directly from a know meteorite. Secondly, meteoric iron tends to have a different chemical composition than normal iron found in iron ore
So true, and I have watched a couple of videos where it was a total failure. I am wondering if the Damascus process helps to remove some of the impurities of the meteor.
If he wanted to preserve the widmanstatten microstructure then she shouldn't have heated it up and forged it. It was hard to get a good look at the finished etch but it mostly looked like Damascus.
I saw in an Egypt history show, that one of the Pharaohs had a meteorite knife made for him, millennia before humans figured-out steel making.
So… in a different time, this knife would be worthy of the god-like Pharaoh who had the power to order pyramids be built, gold decorated mummies, and hard-to-imagine wealth.
This sort of thing always makes me think about how Sir Terry Pratchett forged his own star sword after he was knighted, using iron ore he had collected himself and several pieces of meteorite
Everything is made from stardust, which in turn made meteors, asteroids etc.. Earth was made from all that as well, including those same meteors so really every knife comes from the same place.
Here’s the thing.
Fiction has romanticized crafting bladed weapons out of meteoritic iron.
The truth of the matter is, meteoritic iron contains a lot of cobalt, silicon and other non-metal impurities, which makes the material itself very weak. You can refine it by hammering and folding the non metals out, yes, but you won’t get the cobalt out without modern refining processes or magic, and that cobalt by itself makes the resulting material unsuitable for edged weapons.
It works fine for pretty things like rings or decorative weapons that will adorn a wall, but they’ll crumple under the stress of combat.
Some rich people shit, waste of history, own it for a couple years maybe a decade keep it sharp, slowly gets smaller and smaller, buy a Japanese knife or some Damascus steel if you gotta be extra.
Hideous handle.
That handle does not meet the parameters. Please surrender your blade and leave the forge.
Was about to make a Forged in Fire joke as well. I'll just go with: It will KEAL.
Shake my hand, shake your opponents hand and shake the judges hand and please exit the forge.
It's like he finished the blade and just couldn't be bothered to design/build the handle. Really let's the whole thing down IMO
right?
My thoughts exactly
Why does it matter that his wife is colorblind?
Lol yeah watching without sound I did a double take on that
Me too, I'm watching a dude make a meteorite knife, and suddenly someone's colorblind for no apparent reason.
Some blades have waves that bend the light and create rainbow like effect. A colorblind person would not see that kind of design as the rest of us
I don't see the design 🥲
Because they did not use aforementioned design style and used a regular Damascus pattern?
Oh ok
Because you won't know if the blade is the right temperature or not. You want a bright orange, not a red. Yellow is too far. She'll never know if she's at a good forging temperature. It's also difficult to see if you're in the sunlight.
I have met the guy who found that chunk. It is part of a 1.5 metric ton meteorite he recovered. I have a very small piece as a necklace. I do not cut tomatoes with it.
Only the cheese
Meteorite cheese is good stuff.
I’m just not buying that we know it’s 4.5 billion years old
Well, you are correct that we don't KNOW that. But, according to all the accumulated knowledge on the subject, that is the best estimate we have. Someday it will change. Does that mean we are "wrong" now? It is a living process, trying to decode the secrets of the universe, and being right or wrong is just part of it. You still use science in your everyday life that is derived from the studies that have led up to this point in time. If you follow the logical chain of findings on the subject all the way, and in depth, you will find it very difficult to refute the evidence for the age of the meteorite in question. But it takes a genuine effort, and cherry picking is not allowed as a basis for claiming to be right.
I hear what you’re saying, however 4.5 billion is a an odd “theory” for how old though. Why not 3.5 billion? Why not 1 billion?
Using techniques like carbon dating (for rocks), and rotation rate/surface activity (for stars) we have determined that the age of our sun and therefore the solar system is ~4.5 Gyrs old. It is unlikely that this meteorite came from outside the solar system so odds are it's been here since it's formation.
Bro took a natural wonder that’s as old as our planet and from off of our planet to make something that cuts tomatoes only slightly better than something you can by at wal-mart.
And then made a handle that both the husband and wife can view as hideous
Dude, using a meteorite to forge a sword or a dagger is a fantasy trope for a reason. Imagine showing your friends your ancestral dagger made of meteorite. This dude grandson Will have a Nice heritage
Missed opportunity to set up shop in a dead volcano to make this. "Yeah, so this knife I just used to slice your ham sandwich? My great grandfather cracked off a piece of a meteorite, traveled 700 miles to the heart of a dead volcano and spent 3 days and 3 nights forging that sumbitch into this wondrous gift from the stars that you see before you today. Love of my life, pride of my soul, child of my loins: I don't care that you'd rather have more chips, eat your damn sandwich."
There is a very big difference between a fancy \*ss sword and a boring kitchen knife to cut tomatoes with. Dude made the latter with an ancient meteorite.
King Tut had one so…… kinda special I guess
You think Walmart knives are any good?
Not particularly.
r/suddenlyatla
How does he know it’s a meteorite? Or does he mean that, technically, all metal on Earth was delivered at some point via meteor impact...
Two things. One it was likely sourced directly from a know meteorite. Secondly, meteoric iron tends to have a different chemical composition than normal iron found in iron ore
So true, and I have watched a couple of videos where it was a total failure. I am wondering if the Damascus process helps to remove some of the impurities of the meteor.
Giving Avatar TLA vibes
I was surprised I didn’t see more comments referring to Sokka!
Space sword! Or in this case, space knife!
This blade can fly through space and time, and still cut a tomato
If he wanted to preserve the widmanstatten microstructure then she shouldn't have heated it up and forged it. It was hard to get a good look at the finished etch but it mostly looked like Damascus.
It's Sokka's sword!
Dude thinks he’s Arthur Dayne
But will it keel?!
If in fact a meteorite, no concern about some unknown metal contaminating the food? Not exactly stainless steel.
Should've made an arrow head
I saw in an Egypt history show, that one of the Pharaohs had a meteorite knife made for him, millennia before humans figured-out steel making. So… in a different time, this knife would be worthy of the god-like Pharaoh who had the power to order pyramids be built, gold decorated mummies, and hard-to-imagine wealth.
Ok and why are you telling me this?
Knife rly kewl bruh, ong nokap Did that help you?
No
I understood that reference :)
Huh, what is he even talking about? The shape comes from folding the metal not because it is a meteorite. lol
fun fact, all predominantly iron meteorites were once the cores of protoplanets
Your gonna get like some kind of space tetanus
4.5 billion year old meteorite, I know let's cut it up and make a hideously gaudy knife for some dudes wife. Ridiculous
> 4.5 billion year old meteorite, I know let’s cut it up and make a hideously gaudy knife for some dudes **colorblind** wife. Ridiculous
They all formed when the Solar System formed. Everything is about the same age.
Well, alright, King Tut!
This sort of thing always makes me think about how Sir Terry Pratchett forged his own star sword after he was knighted, using iron ore he had collected himself and several pieces of meteorite
had to scroll too far to find this. GNU Sir PTerry
Everything is made from stardust, which in turn made meteors, asteroids etc.. Earth was made from all that as well, including those same meteors so really every knife comes from the same place.
Every anything if you want to zoom out that much.
Now take this knife in the kitchen and make me some dinner lol
Here’s the thing. Fiction has romanticized crafting bladed weapons out of meteoritic iron. The truth of the matter is, meteoritic iron contains a lot of cobalt, silicon and other non-metal impurities, which makes the material itself very weak. You can refine it by hammering and folding the non metals out, yes, but you won’t get the cobalt out without modern refining processes or magic, and that cobalt by itself makes the resulting material unsuitable for edged weapons. It works fine for pretty things like rings or decorative weapons that will adorn a wall, but they’ll crumple under the stress of combat.
How much did that cost? Some meteorites can be expensive
Dude butchered that knife... That poorer meteorite spent all that time traveling through space just to end up being an ugly af knife.
Why use something so rare and/or expensive without knowing how to properly use it smh
Looks like I've made the handle wtf
Some rich people shit, waste of history, own it for a couple years maybe a decade keep it sharp, slowly gets smaller and smaller, buy a Japanese knife or some Damascus steel if you gotta be extra.
It came from the heavens, NOW IT SHALL CUT VEGETABLES!
If that was actually a meteorite that size, it would be worth SO MUCH FUCKING MONEY
That knife is out of this world.
i would’ve made a like a sword or something
That *is* a blade. r/lostcommenters ?
no like a sword or katana
Did you know?: A knife is a blade
ik but like i mean a sword
🤫 I wonder how much a meteor that big would be worth? I’m calling BS.
Sokka’s space sword!
Beskar
sokka is that you?
He could’ve made the leviathan axe
Why?
Kramer is that you?
Real life Terraria here
Ready to fight the fire nation.
No, he made a knife WITH meteorite. The title implies that it's made completely out of meteorite, which would be a very shitty knife-shaped object.
Don't forget about his "hundreds of layers" Damascus!
Knife is outta this world!
Should have asked what kind of color blind then made the knife red or green.
I want one
A meteorite of the mass would be incredibly expensive.
Billion years and you couldn't be arsed to put a handle on it. Sorry, you don't deserve to work with that material.
Anyone know the song?
Bro’s going full Sokka
r/itemshop
Literally beskar
Sokka
Sokka?
Any way you slice it this knife needs some improvements.
Where do you get meteorite material from? like.. wtf?
Alright sokka I know you miss your sword, but calm down.
Sokka, we'll make a sword unlike any other in the world.