[The Epoch Times, July 16, 2022](The Epoch Times reporter MICHAEL WING reported / compiled by Li Yujun) Tristan Dare is a 19-year-old American knifemaker who has been forging knives since he was 12 or 3 years old. . Although he is young, his art and vision are not small. In the process of forging the sword, he learned to incorporate the precious metal from the meteorite into the sword he forged.
This young knifemaker from Idaho, USA, used meteorites that are more than 4 billion years old to make a rare treasure knife. After he published the sword in Blade Magazine, forging meteorite swords became an art, as well as his ambition and profession.
In early 2022, Dell purchased the “Swedish Sky Iron” meteorite (Muonionalusta) from Germany and began to forge this beautiful knife with a water pattern.
The “Swedish Sky Iron” meteorite is more than 4.5 billion years old and is one of the oldest meteorites. It hit Earth 1 million years ago, contained a liquid iron core, and was cooled by four ice ages until its discovery in 1906. There are currently only about 40 fragments in the world, which are expensive.
Dale did not disclose how much he spent to forge the “Nebula” sword, but he said it cost several thousand dollars to buy the materials.
The iron crystals on these meteorites have perfectly symmetrical octahedral molecular patterns. This natural pattern usually disappears when the forge heats up, Dale said, but he found a way to keep them.
“All the octahedral swords I have forged have these motifs,” he said. “As far as I know, there are less than 10 people in the world who can do this now.”
(Courtesy of Tristan Dare)
He forges his knives at temperatures close to the melting temperature of steel, about 2,200 degrees Fahrenheit (1,200 degrees Celsius), combining black steel with shiny nickel into a beautiful water-flow pattern that gives a fluid feel beauty.
Dale has a 20,000 year old mammoth ivory inlaid on the hilt as a decoration, several Ethiopian opals along the blade of the “Nebula” to represent the stars within the “Nebula”, and the blade is infused with 24 karat gold for added splendor. beauty.
Nebula will be sold at auction in October or November next year. Dale hopes collectors who own this treasure will cherish the story behind Nebula and its gorgeous materials, “making it a family heirloom that will be passed down from generation to generation.”
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Responsible editor: Han Yu