can a chenness cut through a phone book ???

Jun 08, 2008
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It's about friction, not cutting power
by: Anonymous

You know what would be more impressive than a katana slicing thru a phone book? A katana slicing thru aged cheddar. Or whatever cheese have you. But all you have to do is attempt something as feeble and difficult as cutting through thick cheese with a KNIFE as opposed to a wire--which instead is meant for the job--and you can appreciate how VERY DIFFICULT compression of material ALONE (like that in phone book) can make a cut to become.

The Messer can cut the phonebook with ease because it's got a lot of momentum. That's all. Momentum does NOT help in clean/correctly angled cuts, nor does it help in ~tissue-shaving-sharpness, nor does it give the weapon more RC's (eg a 57 Rockwell blade may dent but cannot cut thru 58 Rockwell plate no matter how much momentum is behind it), nor does it help for "more damage" on the flesh targets--not metal--that the katana is meant to cut because flesh does not compress like metal when struck with such large masses and forces as swords, so damage is determined more-or-less only be speed and sharpness. But Momentum, in the case for the phonebook, is VERY useful because there's HUGE compression of material, which is what momentum is best for

Notice how, in the evolution of the (European) weapon, MASS (which sacrifices speed) was relied upon more and more to deal with opponent's defenses... If the full-plated pikemen are all just standing there like that stationary phonebook, then of course you'd hit them with the heaviest thing you can wield because 1)anything lighter won't do anything and 2)it's not like they're fast enough to provoke you to use anything faster. A katana thru a phonebook. What an idea! What a powerful blow. I personally would prefer to simply ~lightly~ puncture ~just~ 1" to 2" of my opponent's chess cavity for him to slowly suffocate to death. I'll leave the more powerful stuff for disciplining my children!

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Jun 08, 2008
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You know what would be more impressive than a katana slicing thru a phone book? A katana slicing thru aged cheddar. Or whatever cheese have you. But all you have to do is attempt something as feeble and difficult as cutting through thick cheese with a KNIFE as opposed to a wire--which instead is meant for the job--and you can appreciate how VERY DIFFICULT compression of material ALONE (like that in phone book) can make a cut to become. The Messer can cut the phonebook with ease because it's got a lot of momentum. That's all. Momentum does NOT help in clean/correctly angled cuts, nor does it help in ~tissue-shaving-sharpness, nor does it give the weapon more RC's (eg a 57 Rockwell blade may dent but cannot cut thru 58 Rockwell plate no matter how much momentum is behind it), nor does it help for "more damage" on the flesh targets--not metal--that the katana is meant to cut because flesh does not compress like metal when struck with such large masses and forces as swords, so damage is determined more-or-less only be speed and sharpness. But Momentum, in the case for the phonebook, is VERY useful because there's HUGE compression of material, which is what momentum is best for Notice how, in the evolution of the (European) weapon, MASS (which sacrifices speed) was relied upon more and more to deal with opponent's defenses... If the full-plated pikemen are all just standing there like that stationary phonebook, then of course you'd hit them with the heaviest thing you can wield because 1)anything lighter won't do anything and 2)it's not like they're fast enough to provoke you to use anything faster. A katana thru a phonebook. What an idea! What a powerful blow. I personally would prefer to simply ~lightly~ puncture ~just~ 1" to 2" of my opponent's chess cavity for him to slowly suffocate to death. I'll leave the more powerful stuff for disciplining my children!

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