Thread: Can a super sharp straight razor do this?

In the end it doesn't really matter. I mean sharp or dull the sword will kill you just as easily which is its intended purpose.

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

In the end it doesn't really matter. I mean sharp or dull the sword will kill you just as easily which is its intended purpose.

This is true, which is why I use ninja smoke bomb scarfs when I shave with my hht certified razor. That and throwing star ninja soap cakes have kept me alive so far and I'm not about to start taking chances now.

Is this possible or just "in the movies" type of thing.

I think this is one of those things that I would actually have to witness to believe.

Originally Posted by idaho mike

This is true, which is why I use ninja smoke bomb scarfs when I shave with my hht certified razor. That and throwing star ninja soap cakes have kept me alive so far and I'm not about to start taking chances now.

Ha! That's nothing! I connected a chain between 2 rasors' scales and swing them around like a nunchuk, both shaving and disposing of my enemies in the progress! Why hide when you can win?

It won't work because the scarf, or free falling hair, for that matter, has not enough mass to force it onto the edge with the force big enough for the cut.

Nenad

Originally Posted by superfly

It won't work because the scarf, or free falling hair, for that matter, has not enough mass to force it onto the edge with the force big enough for the cut.

Nenad

I tend to agree, but only because the area to be cut is so large. It's like cutting a thousand hairs at a time. So, you'd need 1000 times the force.

Personally I think it is a large amount of theatrical license woven into an urban myth,but hell what would I know
Kind regards Peter

Originally Posted by kellykungfu

when it landed on the sword, the weight of the scarf cut itself into halves.

Is this possible or just "in the movies" type of thing.

If by "sword" you mean "chainsaw", then yes it's possible.

Originally Posted by mparker762

If by "sword" you mean "chainsaw", then yes it's possible.

And if by cut you mean shredded into pieces.

Originally Posted by dennisthemenace

Richard, always up to a challenge, cuts an iron mace in two. Saladin says, "You've merely shown me the strength of your arm, not the sharpness of your blade." Whereupon he tosses a silk scarf in the air with one hand, draws his scimitar with the other and lets the scarf land on it. It neatly divides into two pieces.

Fair point, I'd say. Except I'd say an arm strong enough to chop an iron mace, and a sword that wouldn't break doing it, would be of far more interest to me in battle than a shaving sharp sword. But I guess that's just me....

Oh, as for the real question. Besides the uselessness of any weapon being that sharp, the answer is no way. Sure a RAZOR will pop a single hair, if it happens to be the right type of hair (mine won't work), but no way a piece of cloth is going to fall into two pieces.

-Mo