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Comments on Wasp Knife Kills With Cold
This weapon was developed to kill animals quickly when threatened in the wild; now, it has found its way into Britain. (Read
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| "Okay, okay, I suppose I opened the door with a non-material blade. So, I'd have to include the lightsaber and the flashlight laser. Any others - especially those with material blades?" (Bill Christensen 7/20/2008 9:58:34 PM) |
| "The thermal tazer in the pc game X-com: Terror from the deep not has a similar function and even looks the part with something like a spherical tank in the middle.
A picture is at the bottom of this page.
http://xcom.strategyplanet.gamespy.com/x2u3.shtml" (Yossi Preminger 7/21/2008 12:24:08 AM) |
| "My previous post should read "... not only has a similar ..."" (Yossi Preminger 7/21/2008 12:33:03 AM) |
| "It is only a matter of time before this weapon is made illegal and the authorities shut down the company making it. The world would be better off." (Robert 7/21/2008 4:09:19 AM) |
| "Hmm. Nifty, and, now that it's been invented, I can see quite a few variants based on similar concepts." (Ashley 7/21/2008 6:56:46 AM) |
| "This knife does not try to increase the damage by freezing, it disrupts tissue with the mechanical force of the expanding gas, as it shoves tears organs aside. It's true that the rapidly expanding gas will be cold, but any freezing of the tissue will be a minor side effect." (AJ Dual 7/21/2008 9:54:38 AM) |
| "Don't forget "The Subtle Knife" from the "His Dark Materials" trilogy by Philip Pullman" (Dug 7/22/2008 10:29:03 PM) |
| "what crap! Even the odds between man and beast?? Are bears and lions going to be carrying these???" ( 8/7/2008 3:12:04 PM) |
| "No - animals have these...
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| "Chain Swords!!!!!! I dont see this any more dangerous to people than normal knives. And banning inanimate objects is just plain silly. a better approach would be outlawing stabbing people. " (Ben 8/7/2008 10:04:20 PM) |
| "Dug- thanks for alerting me to the Subtle Knife; I've added it to my index. Looks like a great series, tell me more.
" (Bill Christensen 8/8/2008 8:15:18 AM) |
| "I immediately thought of chain-swords and power-swords of the 40k universe." (sunborn 8/11/2008 3:32:08 AM) |
| "What about http://www.shocknife.com/ ?" (Zeb 8/13/2008 6:01:08 PM) |
| "Bill, you haven't read His Dark Materials? Some say it's not the best (I think it's awesome) but it's most definitely required reading.
When thinking of science fiction blades, probably my all time favorite, except the light sabre, is the Dragon's Tooth Nanosword from Deus Ex.
http://en.deusex.wikia.com/wiki/Dragon%27s_Tooth_Sword
http://www.visualwalkthroughs.com/deusex/hongkong3/DeusEx-2003-12-27-21-10-45-.jpg
http://www.colinfahey.com/deus_ex_mr_manderley_and_me/images/deus_ex_0510.jpg
If we're talking blades in general and including chainsaws, then I think one of the coolest weapons ever invented is the chainsaw gun in Gears of War.
http://gallery2.videogameplayerz.net/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=672&g2_serialNumber=1
And just for kicks, a Supox Blade... :)
http://www.mirf.ru/Articles/8/1732/blades.jpg
http://wiki.uqm.stack.nl/Blade" (Sabre Runner 8/18/2008 12:18:40 AM) |
| "What about the knife in Lord of the Rings that breaks off splinters in Frodo's wound?" (Aaron 9/5/2008 11:01:26 PM) |
| "Daniel Keyes Moran had a knife in his "Long Run" story that had a nanomolecular blade ... it could cut through anything, but the single crystal molecule would fall apart when exposed to moisture -- such as blood." (Dave 10/4/2008 9:46:49 AM) |
| "The Tebet Knives from Richard K. Morgans Takeshi Kovac books,
Altered Carbon, Broken Angels and Woken Furies." (wulf 10/25/2009 3:45:38 PM) |
| ""..even the odds between man and beast"? LOL
Coz Bambi's (and winnie the pooh) already faster than a .357/1200fps projectile. And let's not forget how pesky the buggers are! Eating all our grass and stuff and hibernating all over the place...SHEESH! And so many of the buggers too - us humans have to stick together and eliminate them all!
It would be awesome to be handed one of those gas knives when I go to the beach... Just in case :)" (MarkD 11/12/2009 4:13:21 AM) |
| "From the book resurrection, a stun knife, it creates an electrical jolt to stun as well as being able to cut." (Kash 2/11/2012 11:29:39 AM) |
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