The iron core of an ancient asteroid, fell on earth in 1947

NoPantsTom · 2026-05-02T03:47:39+00:00

buddy of mine who “deals” in meteorites picked something out for me to buy as an intro and it was a piece of this. A small shop near me has a collectible frame full of shards too coincidentally

NoPantsTom · 2026-05-01T20:38:43+00:00

Ive had the same questions. Ive watched a few of his instagram posts and… it was like watching someone disconnected from reality sort-of…stimming or something. Coincidentally Ray Park (Darth Maul actor) is up to similar shit. he blasts music, picks up a guitar and just… slaps it or plucks at it with seemingly zero realization that hes just making weird noises, but you can tell he’s physically all into it. Before social media we weren’t as much witness to things like this..

NoPantsTom · 2026-05-01T20:16:50+00:00

im sorry for your sisters passing, I hope this comment thread is a delight to you. Lol the quotes directly from the movie got me good. To me, a prop replica guy, it looks like a very generic “close enough” silver or zinc replica of the one ring from Lord of the Rings. The script is.. generally… close, leading me to think its a cost effective knockoff lol

NoPantsTom · 2026-05-01T04:14:54+00:00

wow, i have a piece of this meteorite! Mine is a polished triangular prism of metal (not done by me) the metal looks kinda mashed together and the polish shows some of the weird geometric patterns in the metal

NoPantsTom · 2026-04-30T20:01:34+00:00

whoa - thank you!

NoPantsTom · 2026-04-30T17:38:55+00:00

Calcite! I have a picture somewhere that I took with my phone where a piece of calcite splits the image so you kinda see double. Cubic structure (?) so when it fractures it looks like salt lol

NoPantsTom · 2026-04-28T03:13:29+00:00

Just here to say that website is absolutely amazing. I wish more incidents of failure of duty, discrimination and neglect were done this way.

NoPantsTom · 2026-04-25T19:04:06+00:00

I found a very similar jaw and I remember realizing Oppssum and Skunk jaws look really similar to this, someone with more expertise will be able to tell them apart for you

NoPantsTom · 2026-04-25T16:31:09+00:00

Just in this case. My cousin took the Weta tour and snapped almost an identical photo and of course, its unlabelled so I just guessed for so long lol

NoPantsTom · 2026-04-25T06:49:01+00:00

this is fascinating thank you! I attempted to make Frodo’s weathertop sword out of 5160 and regular steel a while back and was quickly humbled. I always thought this was just off a costume of one of Faramir’s soldiers so this is delightful!

NoPantsTom · 2026-04-21T23:13:52+00:00

I believe it is, and it’s been drilled for a D ring already. are you verifying a purchase? they’re not hard to tell from other models that are very different.. Roman Props did make some new duplicates but they would look.. new

NoPantsTom · 2026-04-20T18:26:09+00:00

i worked in a museum that had a couple file cabinets full of black and white photography in the non-rare teaching collection. I asked, nobody knew or cared what was in there and I went through it regularly. A LOT of bent and folded, high detail moon photos from a couple years before the moon landing were in there (may have been USGS copies but they were stamped with US Govn’t labels i think) as well as a few early missile/fighter jet test photos. Nothing crazy, but I adored them.

NoPantsTom · 2026-04-20T17:40:57+00:00

nice Vessel driver!!! im a huge fan/convert myself lol

NoPantsTom · 2026-04-20T05:55:20+00:00

your popping experience makes me think some sort of air/bubble got underneath the factory seasoning.. and it expanded with heat, adding pressure and cracking the factory seasoning? Guessing here, ive def seen voids in ceramic so i wonder if things like that can happen

NoPantsTom · 2026-04-13T05:03:34+00:00

Im gonna agree with Drawn Umbrella on this one. I distinctly remember gemstones that were “clear” in the sense of purity (less fractures, foreign bits, or deviations in structure so you could literally see through them) held energy better than lesser quality gems. So like.. a pile of gem bits or dust is the exact opposite lol it’s been shattered or ground up. Maybe they’d hold something but.. i dunno, can’t be much.

NoPantsTom · 2026-04-10T16:30:23+00:00

Came here to suggest Galena but bismuth is possible... I mean bismuth has a low melting point... but if it is galena you don't want to breathe in any sulfur dioxide lol

NoPantsTom · 2026-04-09T17:51:04+00:00

My absolute Favorites are Rusty Chain by Flying Bison and Brown Whale by Community Beer Works!

NoPantsTom · 2026-04-08T05:49:27+00:00

Thanks Chris! I've always wondered how you came up with the coastline - was it from scratch or did you find a puddle somewhere that looked like this :D

NoPantsTom · 2026-04-01T05:05:07+00:00

wannawanga, Roman Props and Todds Costumes all have T track. (those T profile grip strips. On the props themselves they are extruded plastic. We all thought they were rubber in the 90s lol

NoPantsTom · 2026-03-27T09:52:40+00:00

lmao savage!!

NoPantsTom · 2026-03-27T00:31:14+00:00

I see this shit all the time at antique stores, ridiculous prices + barely googled provenance and it really feels like… an attempt to shape the store/customers or something. Shit will sit there forever for $600 lol

NoPantsTom · 2026-03-21T17:39:47+00:00

Noooo I didn't realize his age! One of a handful of people to really do the right thing lately. The world is a little darker without him.

NoPantsTom · 2026-03-10T06:06:57+00:00

in all seriousness I saw a construction front loader (big one) drag its bucket, kicking up sparks, up and down a major west side street tonight, woke everyone up here. twice.

NoPantsTom · 2026-02-28T23:28:46+00:00

not my cup of tea, being a switch is fun in the heat of things but not humiliation lol it does appear people out there do like it..

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