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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: Dr. Sivana

They already make stabby things capable of eluding metal detectors.

Plastics and polymers.

I carry a sharp spike antler clipped on my belt loop.


41 posted on 10/22/2021 12:38:19 PM PDT by Salamander ("Salamander has barbaric tendencies" /Gundog)
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To: Salamander

I’ve done some pretty fair hacking with narrow slats. I’m sure you could fire-harden lots of different woods to make a decent machete or sword.


42 posted on 10/22/2021 12:39:56 PM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: Red Badger

ANYONE that puts anything but a butter knife through a dishwasher deserves to cut everything from then on with a spoon. Bring on the Ginsu spoons for idiots.


43 posted on 10/22/2021 12:41:24 PM PDT by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
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To: gundog

That was my thought.

People have been putting spears and arrows into the fire for many thousands of years.

Let me know when they sell an Obsidian knife set.

:)


44 posted on 10/22/2021 12:42:18 PM PDT by Salamander ("Salamander has barbaric tendencies" /Gundog)
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To: Red Badger

Easier to smuggle onto a plane!


45 posted on 10/22/2021 12:42:19 PM PDT by EinNYC
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To: fwdude

A. I never understood that game. My family never played it.
Now, I don’t care about it. Trix are 4 kids!
B. I wish I could cook a steak like that one. Mine usually never get really tender, no matter how I cook them.


46 posted on 10/22/2021 12:42:51 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget

Yup, it is mainly the micro corrosion from getting wet that dulls a razor blade, not the drawing across the face action.


47 posted on 10/22/2021 12:44:40 PM PDT by BiglyCommentary
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To: lee martell

Try Sous vide. Very tender steaks every time. Foolproof.


48 posted on 10/22/2021 12:47:01 PM PDT by BiglyCommentary
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To: rlmorel

And I always thought they were fence posts...


49 posted on 10/22/2021 12:48:04 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Red Badger

It would be impressive if they left one on a termite pile for a couple of weeks and it survived.


50 posted on 10/22/2021 12:49:14 PM PDT by BiglyCommentary
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To: Salamander

https://www.etsy.com/market/obsidian_knife_set


51 posted on 10/22/2021 12:50:11 PM PDT by rfp1234 (Comitia asinorum et rhinocerum delenda sunt.)
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To: BiglyCommentary

Your palm will hone a commercial razor better then any “from TV” thing. You are so correct it isnt even funny. Dry it. Hone it. Keep it from moisture. Your $50 23 blade will last a long time as would the cheapest disposable if you hone it before use an take care of it.

Heh... or just throw it in the dishwasher with the rest of your spoons.


52 posted on 10/22/2021 12:50:47 PM PDT by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
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To: Red Badger

“three times sharper than a standard dinner table knife”


Yeah, that’s not saying much.


53 posted on 10/22/2021 12:53:42 PM PDT by Quality_Not_Quantity ("...for the sake of His name." Psalm 23:3)
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To: rfp1234

I have a mahogany obsidian dagger that was hand knapped for me by an Irish/Nez Perce Special Forces friend, who has since passed.

It is wicked sharp.

He also gave me a sword and several knives he’d made from spring steel he’d salvaged and re-forged into blades.

That guy was a badass.

:)


54 posted on 10/22/2021 12:56:05 PM PDT by Salamander ("Salamander has barbaric tendencies" /Gundog)
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To: Red Badger

That steak looks to be way overcooked.


55 posted on 10/22/2021 12:56:30 PM PDT by libertylover (Our biggest problem, by far, is that most of the media is hate & agenda driven, not truth driven.)
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To: Quality_Not_Quantity

Everyone knows that we right-wingers just pick up a steak and rip chunks off with our fangs, anyway.


56 posted on 10/22/2021 12:57:13 PM PDT by Salamander ("Salamander has barbaric tendencies" /Gundog)
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To: libertylover

I’m glad they told us it was a sreak. I’d have never guessed from looking at the picture.


57 posted on 10/22/2021 12:59:09 PM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin (The road to tyranny is paved with compliance )
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To: Dr. Sivana

Hundreds!!

😂🤭


58 posted on 10/22/2021 1:01:51 PM PDT by SaveFerris (The Lord, The Christ and The Messiah: Jesus Christ of Nazareth - http://www.BiblicalJesusChrist.Com/)
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To: BiglyCommentary

I have an Anova. I know it intimately. Sous Vide is advanced.

Saying it is fool proof... God invented morons you could not conceive of. I write software. Trust me.

Dont try an use your sock to sous vide. It will not end well.

Dont throw an unconstrained cook target in the water and bitch when it ends up looking or tasting like a whale anus. (eggs excepted unless they are they are cracked)

Understand the whys and hows of food safety and dont grow a salmonella smorgasbord on your chicken, e coli on your beef or God forbid cross contaminant with your pork.

Other than that it is fool proof.

God must love fools. He made so many of them... :-)


59 posted on 10/22/2021 1:04:22 PM PDT by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
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To: Red Badger

Bkmk


60 posted on 10/22/2021 1:04:31 PM PDT by sauropod
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