|
12-10-2012, 06:36 PM | #1 |
Join Date: Dec 2012
|
How good would a sword made out of a meteorite really be?
Hm I was watching Avatar the last airbender, and their was a point where one of the main characters made a sword made of a meteorite they found. My question is if you had a meteorite chunk big enough to make a sword out of and gave it to a good blacksmith to make said sword, what quality would you generally get out of it?
|
12-10-2012, 06:42 PM | #2 |
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Neverland
|
Re: How good would a sword made out of a meteorite really be?
Meteorites can be made of anything, so the question is too open-ended to be able to answer. Anyway, realistically, if it is big enough to be able to produce that much metal to forge a weapon, then it will gave the same characteristics of that metal. If you are talking about making a weapon from the "mineral" (rock and dirt) part of the meteorite, we will be talking about TL 0 rock axes and spears...
|
12-10-2012, 06:44 PM | #3 | |
Join Date: Mar 2010
|
Re: How good would a sword made out of a meteorite really be?
Quote:
However, the bigger issue is that making a weapon out of a meteorite is very romantic, and many people would ascribe imagined (or real) magical properties to such a blade. |
|
12-10-2012, 06:45 PM | #4 | |
Join Date: Aug 2004
|
Re: How good would a sword made out of a meteorite really be?
Quote:
|
|
12-10-2012, 06:49 PM | #5 | ||
Join Date: Dec 2012
|
Re: How good would a sword made out of a meteorite really be?
Quote:
Quote:
|
||
12-10-2012, 06:53 PM | #6 |
Join Date: Sep 2007
|
Re: How good would a sword made out of a meteorite really be?
|
12-10-2012, 07:03 PM | #7 |
Join Date: Dec 2012
|
Re: How good would a sword made out of a meteorite really be?
Hm okay after reading a bit on the other thread on meteor swords... the conclusion seems to be it just normal iron at best. The only thing that would be special would maybe people would think it has magical powers. Other wise it probably just be just an ceremonial sword you'd be better off selling then actually using.
|
12-10-2012, 07:18 PM | #8 | |
Join Date: Nov 2004
|
Re: How good would a sword made out of a meteorite really be?
Quote:
|
|
12-17-2012, 11:12 AM | #9 | |
Banned
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Europe
|
Re: How good would a sword made out of a meteorite really be?
Quote:
In my Ärth setting, it's fairly common (especially for Varangians) to pass off narwhal tusks as unicorn horns. Especially shortened ones, because they look more convincing (usually gaining you more $/pound than unshortened ones). The same was almost certainly done historically, although probably not so often (even though in our timeline, real unicorms never existed). Historically, there were counterfeit brand name swords in the 10th century. Maybe 9th too (not my period, so not sure). Look up Uflberth. I'm sure there's a market for fake meteoric iron swords. |
|
12-10-2012, 06:45 PM | #10 |
Join Date: Sep 2007
|
Re: How good would a sword made out of a meteorite really be?
Short answer: realistically, it's not particular good iron. Rule of Cool says it's fabulous. If you want smith skill to be important, then starting with a meteor is just starting with good mats, so they have a better chance to make Fine / Very Fine weapons. If it's all about the mats in your setting, then it's Cheap (realistically) or Very Fine (Rule of Cool).
A recent thread on the topic: http://forums.sjgames.com/showthread.php?t=97799 Iron content of steel: http://forums.sjgames.com/showthread.php?t=44847 Making a black blade: http://forums.sjgames.com/showthread.php?t=94787 Iron for elves and other faery races: http://forums.sjgames.com/showthread.php?t=80620 |
Tags |
radiation |
|
|