Yep, heaps of examples of blades from meteoritic material that has not been forge welded.
However, as I said:-
"---except where it has been cut directly from the body of the meteorite---"
But to make a blade from the material without welding it, you need a very good, compacted piece of meteorite, and the blade size is dictated by the size of the meteorite.
With forge welding the limitation is not the size of the meteorite, but the skill of the smith.
Actually, you don't "cold forge" it, you use stock removal techniques.
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