[meteorite-list] Re: Odd uses for meteorites - Not

[Daniel H. Fronefield]

Yes, meteorite can be forged and I along with many others have made it happen. 
I usually have to flux extensively, work slowly at first (very light blows to 
consolidate the mass), fold many times and as noted, "squirt" out the 
impurities. Not something accomplished easily by someone who has not done any 
forge welding previously.  My main point was that the widmanstatten pattern 
disappears at forging temps ... actually well before reaching forging temps. 
The person looking for the Gibeon bars would be better served using a single 
Gibeon mass of appropriate size, forging, folding, forging ... and then 
drawing it out to the length wanted and then shaping into a circle.

Dan

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