A steel-cutting sword? - Worldbuilding Stack Exchange
May 23, 2019 · When cutting something with a sword, the area of contact is actually significant, and sword tries sliding on armor, even if the sword edge is harder then the armor surface. (Instead of applying your chisel to the steel plate that lays on the bench, make your friend hold the plate and try stabbing it with a chisel).
How much water is needed to create a Katana capable of cutting …
May 31, 2019 · First problem is that ice is much more brittle then steel, so a cutting sword made of ice with be shattered easily. But it seems that our protagonist can prevent it by magic. Second problem is the density. The average density of steel is around 8 gram/cm3. The density of ice is 0.9 gram/cm3, which is almost 10 times lighter. So if you go just ...
weapons - How effective would a scythe be in a one-on-one, …
Jul 23, 2021 · It is a staff - use it like one. Scythe vs sword is dumb if all you are going to do is swing the scythe like you are mowing. Quarterstaff vs sword is a whole different deal. A quarterstaff is blunt but it has more reach than a sword, much more leverage, and it more effectively uses both hands of the fighter.
weapons - Would a carbonfiber sword/katana be useful?
Oct 12, 2015 · Since a sword (or most striking/cutting weapons) require strength in compression, carbon fibre by itself would not make for a useful sword blade. A composite blade could be made as a "sandwich" of a central steel cutting blade and carbon fibre "slabs" on either side to provide a very stiff, lightweight blade.
What would justify the use of serrated blades in edged weapons?
Jan 15, 2016 · Also actually a good serration that is sensible better for bind control and dont weak the blade can potentially be puted on the strong of the true edge and on strong and medium of the false edge of basically every sword without actually impair their cutting capabilities for practical use in combat, at the same time improving a bit the parring ...
Is it possible to make sharp wind that can cut stuff from afar?
Apr 7, 2019 · To sum up - It is completely possible to cause injury or death with air pressure, but the death zone is basically touching the other person. Anyone with a sword could simply cut off the hand holding the "air sword", so this weapon would be completely impractical. One other thing to consider. Blanks are meant to be a safe way to fire a gun on ...
What is the most likely shape of a Super Sword? [closed]
Sep 14, 2016 · Parrying with the cutting edge is a bad idea anyway: with normal swords, it damages the cutting edges; with this super sword versus a normal sword, you run the risk of the former tip of your opponent's blade flying into your face and/or a clever opponent taking advantage of the fact that the remains of their weapon are now inside your defenses ...
Curved vs. Straight swords - Worldbuilding Stack Exchange
Apr 13, 2018 · $\begingroup$ Curved sword better at cutting, fine. Straight swords being generally for piercing, not so much. There are many types of straight cutting swords which are poor at piercing - say, a Falchion, and many Medieval Arming …
Weapon design: a conceivable superheated sword capable of …
Jul 15, 2017 · The sword - it wasn't a sword, but it would work in sword shape - was based on a pretty advanced technology and wasn't even ordinary matter. Ordinary matter is ultimately held together by the electromagnetic force, from its weakest form as London force to its strongest form as covalent bond.
Is it possible to create a practical sword that's naturally toxic?
Jul 14, 2018 · Cutting someone does not allow for much exposure, because the blade is kind of supposed to remain in one piece without losing much (if any) mass. Even regular blades coated in poison are not particularly reliable in real life, as reliable delivery of the poison is …