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To: BenLurkin

A blade made of meteorite is less impressive to me than the butt of that handle being made of plastic.


8 posted on 06/01/2016 6:24:38 AM PDT by Oratam
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To: Oratam

Egyptian glass. Mostly seen in small beads and roughly shaped tiny bottles. Museums have display cases full of it. But that size, shaped as a knife hilt, and of such perfect clarity would have been a real technical achievement in 1330 BCE.


12 posted on 06/01/2016 6:44:44 AM PDT by katana
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To: Oratam; BenLurkin

The article said the nob was glass, also a specialty product not for the common man.


29 posted on 06/01/2016 1:33:58 PM PDT by gleeaikin
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