Just saw a photo of that katana made of space rock and I’m curious to know if it’s a better weapon than those made of metal. Also, what is the ideal Earth element that is best suited for swords? Thank you.
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No, in fact they’re worse. Mainly because the composition of meteorites varies wildly, sure it might be mostly iron but there are other elements as well. Some are useful and others are detrimental. Nickel for example is a useful element while phosphorus is not. Often times gas pockets can be present in the meteorite which have to be removed first, the grain structure of the meteorite is all over the place. If you cut a meteorite open you’ll often find stress fractures that wouldn’t be visible from the outside. If you have those in a sword it’ll shatter pretty easily. In order to make it into a useful sword you’d have to refine it to the point where it’s just iron with maybe a few useful elements but iron is inferior to most steels. At any rate the best element would probably be the platinum group metals although they would be costly as hell and heavy, in general though steel gets the job done.
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