Out of this world

[windypoint]

Just came across these photos of a 1911 made from a meteorite. Any body know the story on this one.

 

[tlmetesh]

Cabot Gun | Cabot Meteorite Pistol Set

 

[Laketime]

As mentioned Cabot is responsible for this build.the meteorite is from the gibeon Meteorite.Rolex ,Omega,and Invicta are the only authorized watch brands able to use samples of the Gibeon to use as watch dials.I mention this because rusting has been an issue with this material,and a special wax coating has to be applied to the dial to prevent this from happening.Keeping this 1911 rust free will be a full time task.

 

[Inusuit]

As mentioned Cabot is responsible for this build.the meteorite is from the gibeon Meteorite.Rolex ,Omega,and Invicta are the only authorized watch brands able to use samples of the Gibeon to use as watch dials.I mention this because rusting has been an issue with this material,and a special wax coating has to be applied to the dial to prevent this from happening.Keeping this 1911 rust free will be a full time task.

If you can afford $4.5 million for the matched pair, you can probably afford to pay someone to wax it full time.

 

[hkcavalier]

I tried to make my own like this. Though, the meteorite was blue and had a peanut in it. Didn't work real well.

 

[Laketime]

If you can afford $4.5 million for the matched pair, you can probably afford to pay someone to wax it full time.

Not so easy as you make it sound.These dials are specially waxed and placed into a pressurized airtight divers watch.Highly unlikely that these guns will be in a similar environment.

 

[eveled]

There was a movie about a knife made from a meteorite, everybody who owned it had bad luck.

An unlucky rusty 1911 is not on my must have list.

 

[DWalt]

Wasn't there a story about Rezin Bowie (Jim's brother who was a blacksmith) making Jim Bowie's "Arkansas Toothpick" from meteorite metal? Probably just a myth or fabrication. That may have been the unlucky knife, as Jim didn't survive the Alamo.

 

[robertrwalsh]

Some legends say that Excaliber was made from a meteorite. Until the late 19th century all of the harpoon tips in Greenland or some similar out of the way place were (allegedly) made from a meteorite as they had no other source of decent metal.

 

[ankona]

Cabot 1911 no thanks.

 

[bamabiker]

Looks like something Beyoncé would buy Jayzee.
No thanks.

 

[Jessie]

Aren't metal meteorites made of iron?
I don't want an iron framed gun, thank you.
Maybe ok back in the 1500/1600s.

 

[DWalt]

Aren't metal meteorites made of iron?
I don't want an iron framed gun, thank you.
Maybe ok back in the 1500/1600s.

No, it is not pure Iron. There are many variations in the metallurgy of Iron meteorites, but the metal content is typically Iron with 5-20% Nickel and small (<1%) percentages of Cobalt. There can be other elements present, such as Silicon and Sulfur. Most meteorites are stony and contain no significant metal content.