What would You do with a "scrap" of Talonite?

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The Free Talonite Sample offer was such a cool offer from Tom Walz. (1" by 2" sample free in the mail to all who want to experiment with it)
So, for those who asked for a sample, and for those of us who have a dream project just right for such a nice piece of raw materials, what ideas do you have to add or perfect here? I thunk up a few things to start off (and some of them are actually serious), assuming anyone cares to join in...

You could...
Simply sharpen an edge or 2 and carry as a rectangular wallet knife.
Bore a finger hole into the above as a sort of Hideaway miniature,
Or shape it further into a ringknife. (would have to have rather thin fingers.)
Split it for 2 blades and make 1 or 2 folding knives with a smallish blade or 2.
Would the scraps be useful as washers/spacers? How does lubricity compare to brass?
What blade shape and grind would be most suited to this size of Talonite blade?
One of David Winston's "Keyknives" in Talonite? Which blade style? (David, do you work in Talonite?)
Broadhead for very tough deer:rolleyes:
Replacement blade for Superknife (I know, non-disposable blade for knife designed for replacement blade..)
Blade to be lashed or screwed onto a fixed blade knife handle, (just hard to get a full tang out of 2" of material...).
3 miniature full tang bowies, 4 if you can get the curf thin enough.
A dozen corrosion proof very slick needles, if you could cut and drill it fine enough...
Thinking farther out of the box, and possibly violating the spirit of the original offer, Very Very scuff resistant boot heels and toe tips?
You could inset a cup of Talonite into a knife handle as a lower friction fire drill upper end pivot point.
You could inset some into a table or other surface needing greater wear resistance.

So, assuming you are not laughing too hard at me, what are your ideas or plans or dreams, (and are any of the products going to be for sale
 
Good question. I have a 5/8" x 5/8" x 4" bar of Stelite and have been musing about what it's good for.
 
N powered sub . . .

. . . is that the kind with the meatballs?
 
You could do something like this:

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David
 
Make some sort of neck knife, following the guidelines of the pic above. Would be original and traditional looking.
 
Make a racy avatar perhaps? :p
 
erg.
sorry about the link, fixed now.

ok, so we could make one of those things that I can not mention again here, in very low bass relief perhaps, it would not corrode and we could then skip it across the water. Seems kind of wasteful, but...

Or better yet, make some of those indestructable metal plates with all the wisdom of the world on them like in Blish's "Surface Tension" story.
 
I too have some stellite. Some pieces even have a chisel grind. So far I have only made a small axe. Strictly for show because the blade is too small. I am experimenting with some knife designs though.
 
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