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Jabames Interfector Viris Spurii Offline :3 Posts: 1868 Alaska Gender:	what would a knife of the future be like??? Feb 27^th, 2011 at 5:54am just like it says up top, me I would say self sharpening, indestructible, and have an electic tip for an option haha instead of a stun gun, have a stun on the tip of the knife
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Fundibularius Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Sultan of Sling Posts: 1385 Inter Mosam ac Rhenum Gender:	Re: what would a knife of the future be like??? Reply #1 - Feb 27^th, 2011 at 8:14am Something like a Swiss or Scandinavian super-smartphone with a cutting laser beam and the apps to make fire and sterilize water.
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kuggur slingdog Ex Member	Re: what would a knife of the future be like??? Reply #2 - Feb 27^th, 2011 at 8:43am Not to be a killjoy, but knives have hardly changed the last centuries, I don´t expect a lot of change in the future.Most modern gadges have turned out to be impractical. Maybe some improvement in material.
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Reply #3 - Feb 27^th, 2011 at 10:54am

Hard to improve basic function; we know pretty much all there is to know about blade shape and cutting angles and all that.
So...Materials. Science-fiction authors have speculated about advanced materials that could reliably hold an edge down to the scale of one molecule.
Obsidian fractures to one molecule, and can be very sharp, but it's also very brittle and short-lived.

An advanced material that could hold such an edge would be pretty cool.

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Masiakasaurus Forum Moderation Offline mah-SEE-a-kah-SOR-us Posts: 6069 Alabama, USA Gender:	Re: what would a knife of the future be like??? Reply #5 - Feb 27^th, 2011 at 11:43am Jabames wrote on Feb 27^th, 2011 at 5:54am: just like it says up top, me I would say self sharpening, Like this? http://www.crkt.com/cgi-bin/crkt.pl?pgm=co_disp&func=displ&strfnbr=81&prrfnbr=14...
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Lycurgus Senior Member Offline [ch924][ch927][ch923 ][ch937][ch925] [ch923][ch913][ch914 ][ch917] Posts: 445 Coventry, England Gender:	Re: what would a knife of the future be like??? Reply #6 - Feb 27^th, 2011 at 12:27pm Woonilsra wrote on Feb 27^th, 2011 at 11:15am: lightsabers Definte.
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Re: what would a knife of the future be like???
Reply #7 - Feb 27^th, 2011 at 6:22pm

Bikewer wrote on Feb 27^th, 2011 at 10:54am:

Hard to improve basic function; we know pretty much all there is to know about blade shape and cutting angles and all that.
So...Materials. Science-fiction authors have speculated about advanced materials that could reliably hold an edge down to the scale of one molecule.
Obsidian fractures to one molecule, and can be very sharp, but it's also very brittle and short-lived.

An advanced material that could hold such an edge would be pretty cool.

Yes, improvement in the blade material is what I see. Maybe something not even metal, like a knife made from some genetically engineered mutant spider's silk, or mutant muscle glue.. something much lighter than steel and infinitely sharper.

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Paleoarts Interfector Viris Spurii Offline it don't mean a thing if you aint got that sling! Posts: 1993 oceanside, CA Gender:	Re: what would a knife of the future be like??? Reply #8 - Feb 28^th, 2011 at 10:01am well, it depends how far into the future you go. if things keep going like they are, then they may end up looking like this...
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kuggur slingdog Ex Member	Re: what would a knife of the future be like??? Reply #9 - Feb 28^th, 2011 at 2:27pm Good answer Paleo!
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HurlinThom Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Leverage artillerist Posts: 1458	Re: what would a knife of the future be like??? Reply #10 - Feb 28^th, 2011 at 4:39pm "Way back when" someone said "I don't know what weapons World War III will be fought with but WW IV will be fought with stcks and rocks".
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Masiakasaurus Forum Moderation Offline mah-SEE-a-kah-SOR-us Posts: 6069 Alabama, USA Gender:	Re: what would a knife of the future be like??? Reply #11 - Feb 28^th, 2011 at 5:07pm HurlinThom wrote on Feb 28^th, 2011 at 4:39pm: "Way back when" someone said "I don't know what weapons World War III will be fought with but WW IV will be fought with stcks and rocks". That was Albert Einstein. Great quote.
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Thunder Chief Funditor Offline Don't Panic! Posts: 838	Re: what would a knife of the future be like??? Reply #12 - Feb 28^th, 2011 at 6:52pm HurlinThom wrote on Feb 28^th, 2011 at 4:39pm: "Way back when" someone said "I don't know what weapons World War III will be fought with but WW IV will be fought with stcks and rocks". Well then, we should have a leg up!
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Dan Interfector Viris Spurii SlingingGuide Moderator Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 3974 Gender:	Re: what would a knife of the future be like??? Reply #13 - Mar 1^st, 2011 at 8:19am Restricted and then banned.
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Cthulhu Descens Offline Slinging Rocks! (and tennis balls) Posts: 247 hiding somewhere in Indiana Gender:	Re: what would a knife of the future be like??? Reply #14 - Mar 1^st, 2011 at 4:49pm concentrated plasma manipulated by way of electromagnets. so yeah, lightsabers. Or some sort of boring synthetically created reinforced crystaline blade sorta thing that nobody wants because we were promised lightsabers so many generations before.
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