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Here's a process showing how I etch and sharpen a mosaic damascus steel blade I forged with 4.5 billion year old meteorite iron integrated into the pattern.
The meteorite iron I used is Muonionalusta meteorite iron that comes from near the small village of Kitkiöjärvi, which was discovered in 1906. It has survived nearly 4 ice ages, and is dated to be one of the oldest meteorites ever recorded. Dating to be older than the Earth itself, it comes from a planetoid that was once apart of the parent body of our solar system.
Meteorite iron, naturally, is a very brittle and fragile iron. The reason being is partly due to its high impurities content, with little to no carbon or manganese... To combat that, I essentially needed to find a way to forge this blade with meteorite, whilst still maintaining a strong, durable and sharp integrity of the blade. To do this, I used high-carbon steel 15n20/ 1084, which I forged and crafted the layers of the damascus steel (or pattern-welded steel) into a 'feather' pattern to represent a meteorite coming into the atmosphere, where the meteorite (the circle in the center) is essentially surrounded by 'flames'.
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