The video gives you an idea what's really involved. Minecraft greatly simplifies making stuff. But a Mincraft sword is a low-res pixelated representation of a real sword. No need to duplicate the pixels in real life. A real sword is pattern welded of high carbon steel, with either low carbon steel or zero-carbon iron. The reason is high carbon steel is hard; it can be sharpened razor sharp, but brittle. Iron is tough, but soft so you can't sharpen it much. I saw a video on TV of a history professor recreating a Viking sword. He tested the sword on a pig carcus hanging by a rope from a tree. The low carbon sword cut maybe 1/2 inch deep into pig skin. The pattern welded sord cut through the rib cage on one side and spinal column. A second blow cut through the rib cage on the other side, meeting the first cut to sever the pig in two. Now that's sharp!
To see how a real sword is made, click here. An image from that website. Notice the beautiful pattern on the side of the blade.
But my first criticism of the "diamond sword" is that isn't diamond. That's just steel, heat treated to give it a blue patina. Want a real diamond sword? How about this one?
This sword features a titanium blade with carbon fiber laminated on both sides and a carbide edge on one side, carbon fiber hilt, and a cord wrapped ray skin handle.
Oh btw a watermelon is as dense as a human skull!!! Meaning if you used one of those in the zombie apocolypse, (which is more real than you possible could think. You would be as effective as a monster truck ramming the zombies down...
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Oh btw a watermelon is as dense as a human skull!!! Meaning if you used one of those in the zombie apocolypse, (which is more real than you possible could think. You would be as effective as a monster truck ramming the zombies down...
Of course, I should try not to kill the zombie villagers. I should revive them.
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I would trade my Wii, phone, iPod, and pay $5,000 for that sword. Man if they start selling those things I will get my hands on one no matter what it takes! And dude, that thing is sharp! Imaging what a medieval knight would think if you charged him with that... "Uh oh, I just peed my pants!"
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Curse PremiumThe video gives you an idea what's really involved. Minecraft greatly simplifies making stuff. But a Mincraft sword is a low-res pixelated representation of a real sword. No need to duplicate the pixels in real life. A real sword is pattern welded of high carbon steel, with either low carbon steel or zero-carbon iron. The reason is high carbon steel is hard; it can be sharpened razor sharp, but brittle. Iron is tough, but soft so you can't sharpen it much. I saw a video on TV of a history professor recreating a Viking sword. He tested the sword on a pig carcus hanging by a rope from a tree. The low carbon sword cut maybe 1/2 inch deep into pig skin. The pattern welded sord cut through the rib cage on one side and spinal column. A second blow cut through the rib cage on the other side, meeting the first cut to sever the pig in two. Now that's sharp!
To see how a real sword is made, click here. An image from that website. Notice the beautiful pattern on the side of the blade.
But my first criticism of the "diamond sword" is that isn't diamond. That's just steel, heat treated to give it a blue patina. Want a real diamond sword? How about this one?
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Retired StaffOf course, I should try not to kill the zombie villagers. I should revive them.