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Steak knife made from hardened wood is 3 times sharper than steel
https://newatlas.com ^ | October 20, 2021 | By Nick Lavars

Posted on 10/22/2021 12:08:18 PM PDT by Red Badger

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To: llevrok

Better stock up now.

Before the.. “IT’S INVISABLE ON AN AIRPORT/ COURT ROOM SCANER” crowd bans it.


21 posted on 10/22/2021 12:19:09 PM PDT by uranium penguin
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To: Dr. Sivana

when you limit the walnut bowls of law abiding citizens, only criminals will have walnut bowls.


22 posted on 10/22/2021 12:19:48 PM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something)
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To: Red Badger

The problem is you need a saw made of the same wood as the knife.


23 posted on 10/22/2021 12:21:16 PM PDT by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: Red Badger

“In the first step, we partially delignify wood. Typically, wood is very rigid, but after removal of the lignin, it becomes soft, flexible, and somewhat squishy. In the second step, we do a hot press by applying pressure and heat to the chemically processed wood to densify and remove the water.”

Sounds like how you make traditional linoleum.


24 posted on 10/22/2021 12:22:18 PM PDT by Flick Lives (The future is a quiet world)
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To: Dr. Sivana

My first thought also. Boys will be making them in shop.


25 posted on 10/22/2021 12:22:19 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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Like the infamous Glock smears when the Glock came out…’only purpose is as a weapon of terror, can’t be detected by metal detector’…


26 posted on 10/22/2021 12:23:52 PM PDT by TnTnTn
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[[The scientists hope this new form of wood can come to offer an eco-friendly alternative to steel and ceramics,]]

Stripcutting forests is now in vogue apparently?


27 posted on 10/22/2021 12:24:27 PM PDT by Bob434
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To: dfwgator

Does it come from the Ginsu tree?


28 posted on 10/22/2021 12:24:32 PM PDT by FirstFlaBn
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To: Red Badger
Re: Wooden knives

Coming soon to a jihadi airline passenger near all of us?

29 posted on 10/22/2021 12:26:04 PM PDT by zeestephen
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Lorena Bobbitt said to be interested-


30 posted on 10/22/2021 12:26:17 PM PDT by Bob434
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To: Red Badger

Pure gold dissolved in cyanic acid is used to delignify the wood. 🤪


31 posted on 10/22/2021 12:27:24 PM PDT by Empire_of_Liberty
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To: Red Badger

If you had a couple, eventually you would have a pair of chopsticks. Recycle! /s


32 posted on 10/22/2021 12:28:29 PM PDT by MomwithHope (Forever grateful to all our patriots, past, present and future.)
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To: Mr. N. Wolfe

“Is it dishwasher safe?”

Oops.

From the article: “...and can even be thrown into the dishwasher after use.”


33 posted on 10/22/2021 12:28:56 PM PDT by Mr. N. Wolfe
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To: z3n

Yeah, I almost asked that immediately but decided to read the article to see if it addressed it. It didn’t.

It did say it’s harder than regular wood, but it didn’t say how hard it is compared to steel, or even aluminum or copper.

It may only be good for a steak or two... i.e. good for an interesting news story or conversation piece in your dining room, but not “real world” practical.


34 posted on 10/22/2021 12:30:25 PM PDT by cuban leaf (My prediction: Harris is Spiro Agnew. We'll soon see who becomes Gerald Ford, and our next prez.)
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To: Red Badger

A solution to a non-problem. Who among us has ever agonized over cutting a steak?


35 posted on 10/22/2021 12:30:57 PM PDT by gloryblaze
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To: EEGator

It should be easy to smuggle onto a plane.


36 posted on 10/22/2021 12:31:08 PM PDT by cuban leaf (My prediction: Harris is Spiro Agnew. We'll soon see who becomes Gerald Ford, and our next prez.)
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To: Sacajaweau
"...My first thought also. Boys will be making them in shop..."

Well. Better than wooden penises, ashtrays, or spoon holders.

37 posted on 10/22/2021 12:32:26 PM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists are The Droplet of Sewage in a gallon of ultra-pure clean water.)
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To: cuban leaf

It may not hold an edge for long, but it just needs to stay sharp for about half the flight.


38 posted on 10/22/2021 12:34:21 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (China is like the Third Reich. We are Mussolini's Italy. A weaker, Jr partner, good at losing wars.)
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To: Red Badger

Clickbait.

The headline says this wood knife is three times sharper than a steel knife.

Pretty impressive, until you learn the actual comparison is with a standard dinner table knife. You know - the ones that aren’t sharp at all.

I bet it’s twenty times sharper than a steel ball-bearing.


39 posted on 10/22/2021 12:35:21 PM PDT by enumerated
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To: Mr. N. Wolfe

The oil is to stop the water penetration, so...maybe?


40 posted on 10/22/2021 12:38:06 PM PDT by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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