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Jun 15th, 2019 at 6:14am
 
Has anyone slung obsidian? I would think that they would shatter, like clay glandes. Sharp shards flying everywhere would be quite a deterent.
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Reply #1 - Jun 15th, 2019 at 6:23am
 
How dense is obsidian? For some reason I imagine it being kind of light so you would need a fairly large lump. I could well be wrong.
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Reply #2 - Jun 15th, 2019 at 9:14am
 
Mir wäre Obsidian zu schade. Aber was dem ähnlich ist, wäre Flintstone. Diese lassen sich gut schießen. Ich habe flintstone zu scharfe splitter verarbeitet. Diese splitter habe ich in tonkugeln eingearbeitet. Diese habe ich in einem lagerfeuer gebrannt. Die Wirkung ist verheerend.
Das Geschoss zersplittert beim aufschlag. Scharfe splitter flogen umher und blieben in einer holzplatte stecken.
Auf einem Schildwall dürfte so etwas sehr unangenehm gewesen sein.
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Reply #3 - Jun 15th, 2019 at 9:22am
 
It's glass, so it gets hefty pretty quick.  My mother had a decorative piece at one time.  Probably not comparable to lead, but I would estimate it was heavier that most rocks of a similar size.

slingbadger wrote on Jun 15th, 2019 at 6:14am:
I would think that they would shatter, like clay glandes. Sharp shards flying everywhere would be quite a deterent.

Just like Jaegoor described, ancient slinger's hand grenade Cheesy
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Reply #4 - Jun 22nd, 2019 at 6:15am
 
Kick wrote on Jun 15th, 2019 at 6:23am:
How dense is obsidian? For some reason I imagine it being kind of light so you would need a fairly large lump. I could well be wrong.

Obsidian is 2.6 to 3 on the Mohs scale. Diamond is one and talc is 10. This makes it dense, but also inflexible. It can chip, and in certain conditions, shatter.
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