LL-B with Mammoth Ivory and Meteorite

Product Description for LL-B with Mammoth Ivory and Meteorite

Maker: George Muller (click to see more by this maker)
Item num: 92860
*** This is handmade and one-of-a-kind ***
Blade length: 3.60 in.
Total length: 7.88 in.
Blade height (at heel): 0.85 in.
Blade thickness (near bolster): 0.08 in.
Blade thickness (at midpoint): 0.07 in.
Blade thickness (near tip): 0.04 in.
Item weight: 3.80 oz.
Shipment weight: 5.0 oz.
Blade: Heimskringla pattern stainless damascus by Damasteel
Bolster: Very rare Gibeon meteorite front and rear bolsters
Handle: Mammoth ivory with rare green tones amongst caramel
Sheath: Cape buffalo hide belt pouch
Style: Folding liner lock
Description: South African knifemaker George Muller creates an exceptional knife! The hollow ground blade is formed from stainless Damasteel damascus. Titanium liners surround the stainless damascus backbar. Ancient wooly mammoth ivory features dramatic combinations of caramel and green tones. The colors in the mammoth ivory are particularly rare.
Front and rear bolsters are formed from Gibeon meteorite. The Gibeon meteorite landed in Great Namaqualand, Namibia, Africa. It radio carbon dates to over 4 billion years ago. Gibeon fragments are spread over one of the largest strewn fields in the world, measuring 70 miles wide by 230 miles long and have a distinctive pattern known as the Widmanstatten pattern, which is one of the richest and most distinct patterns found in meteorites. The crystalline patterns can only form in the vacuum of space. The large metallic crystals require millions of years of cooling to form from a molten planetary core fragment. It has been estimated that it took about 1000 years for these molten pieces of planetary core to cool by just 1 degree Celsius! The meteorite has been dovetailed to the mammoth molar scales for a perfect fit.
Excellent work throughout!


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