Cabot bought a meteorite

[Plane]

http://cabotgun.com/oak-collection/the-cosmos-1911/

http://cabotgun.com/2015/12/cabot-meteorite-pistol-set/


Yes , pretty .

Worth the price?

Not to me , I would just as soon have a meteorite un-modified and a pistol made with scandium.

[Xavier_Onassis]

There is one born every minute.  I am sure they will make a bundle on this.  The ideal gun for saps that pay 90K for the notoriously unreliable Range Rovers.

[Plane]

There is a line somewhere at which the thing is less a tool or weapon and becomes more a work of art.

The dollar value of this work of art could buy a thousand more practical guns.

I think you have to have a romantic notion about the art, and too much money.

[Xavier_Onassis]

Guns are tools, as you say.

I fail to see why you think I have demonstrated any romantic notions here,

[Plane]

There is a line somewhere at which the thing is less a tool or weapon and becomes more a work of art.

The dollar value of this work of art could buy a thousand more practical guns.

I think you have to have a romantic notion about the art, and too much money.

Guns are tools, as you say.

I fail to see why you think I have demonstrated any romantic notions here,

My apologies .
I can see how you might see "you" as meaning you.

But I didn't mean to direct this at you.
If "you" is understood more generically, then this is a statement directed twards the prospective buyer.
Which person is definitely not you!

I should have said that to buy this one must have a romantic notion twards this gun and value the art of it above all utility.

This ambiguity is my fault.

[Xavier_Onassis]

I would prefer an artistic table lamp or footstool to an artistic gun.

I rather like steam punk keyboards, but not enough to actually buy one.

I found a Microsoft ergonomic keyboard of the type you plug in that does not require batteries last Saturday at a yard sale for two bucks. I loaded the software, and it works fine. The previous owner said that her new computer came with a wireless version and that this one did not work with it. For $2 who was I to argue?

My previous keyboard has three letters worn off: a. e and s. 

[Plane]

Widmanstätten pattern is good looking, but it would be a good looking lamp or bookend.
I think I do prefer a utilitarian weapon, or tool.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Widmanst%C3%A4tten_pattern
By kevinzim / Kevin Walsh - widman, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2572757
By Jstuby - photographed myself, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=47555564

[Xavier_Onassis]

I find it amusing that the car magazines go ape over "carbon fiber" parts. True, they are light and strong, but not particularly beautiful as a rule.. Essentially, they are carbon strands stuck together with "resin" which is just a fancy name for plastic.


I can't see paying $20K more for a car because of it having a carbon fiber hood or trunk lid. But to each his own,

[Plane]

Carbon fiber prices are bound to come down, as the technology matures and the equipment becomes more common.

Then making all of our Cars , Trucks and aircraft lighter, will pay back.

I think this is already in progress.

[Xavier_Onassis]

I don't think I am opposed to carbon fiber. Just to paying $20K extra for it.

I bet steel and aluminum are easier to recycle.

[Plane]

Yes Steel and aluminum are easily recycled but Fiberglass or Carbon fiber reinforced plastic are not recycled at all.

However , if a vehicle is made significantly lighter , it takes less fuel to get it up to speed, so there is an environmental benefit .

[Xavier_Onassis]

Then when it is scrapped, it goes into Mt Trashmore.

We shall see what happens, So far, it is too expensive. I do not know why.