"The new extra-terrestrial pistols" Topic
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Tango01 | 26 Dec 2015 9:51 p.m. PST |
"High-end handgun maker Cabot Guns is making a pair of pistols from a meteorite. Cabot Guns announced that its "extra-terrestrial pistols" will be forged from a meteorite as old as the Earth itself, and could sell for as much as $1 USD million at auction next year. "It hasn't been done before and that's the kind of thing that drives me," said Cabot founder and president Rob BiaNchin in an email to CNNMoney. "I think it's fair to state many of the pistols we have constructed border on art." "Meteor is rare, more so than terrestrial precious metals and I wanted to create a set of guns that were formed from a material that had intrinsic value," BiaNchin said…"
Full article here link Amicalement Armand |
Coelacanth1938 | 27 Dec 2015 12:03 a.m. PST |
There's this thing called lawrencite disease that causes objects made out of meteoric iron to become little puddles of green-black slime if said objects aren't protected from moisture. |
tberry7403 | 27 Dec 2015 3:20 p.m. PST |
…lawrencite disease… Damn, that's an actual thing! |
Stryderg | 27 Dec 2015 6:51 p.m. PST |
I'm sure that whoever gets them for around $1 USD million can splurge a few bucks for some silica gel. Even so, neat idea and thanks for the education (lawrencite disease, no kidding). |
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