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You've been deep in the heart of Shanghai for days, finishing up negotiations of the latest shadowy business deals, with mysterious contacts in expensive suits. Ready for some rest, you retire to a dimly lit, smokey diner off the main road, and sit down for a steaming bowl of noodles and a stiff drink.
It's quiet. A little too quiet. You notice the chef watching to closely, as he slices meat with a sinister-looking butcher knife. Off in the corner, you spy several toughs giving you the stink-eye through their cigarette smoke. Is one of them is reaching slowly toward his jacket?
Egads! Triads!
They can try, but they'll never get the microfilm and the briefcase, because you're ready for anything with your forged beta titanium Combat Chopsticks!
Your chopsticks gleam with a dull, dangerous luster in the dim light and steam, as you confidently continue to slurp the delicious spicy soup.
The chef turns back to his cutting board. The tough pulls a pack of Double Happiness cigarettes out of his jacket, lights one up, and turns back to his gambling games.
You're safe. For now...
Hold the sharp, angled end together for a devastating double strike!
I think chopsticks are interesting objects/tools, and totally worthy of spending the time to make some examples, using the techniques and ti I normally use to make swords.
This pair of prototype chopsticks were made from two thin strips cut from a sword billet of forged beta titanium alloy, leftovers from an earlier blade. The tips were heat-treated as if they were a springy, stiff blade, and have polished conical points that can stab with force, but not sharp enough to poke you while eating. The back end are ground into a diamond point for jabbing or even slicing!
Perfect for those occasions when you ask for ketchup at the wrong sushi joint and infuriate an entire group of Yakuza, and suddenly need something pokey to ward them off while you make your escape.
It's quiet. A little too quiet. You notice the chef watching to closely, as he slices meat with a sinister-looking butcher knife. Off in the corner, you spy several toughs giving you the stink-eye through their cigarette smoke. Is one of them is reaching slowly toward his jacket?
Egads! Triads!
They can try, but they'll never get the microfilm and the briefcase, because you're ready for anything with your forged beta titanium Combat Chopsticks!
Your chopsticks gleam with a dull, dangerous luster in the dim light and steam, as you confidently continue to slurp the delicious spicy soup.
The chef turns back to his cutting board. The tough pulls a pack of Double Happiness cigarettes out of his jacket, lights one up, and turns back to his gambling games.
You're safe. For now...
Hold the sharp, angled end together for a devastating double strike!
I think chopsticks are interesting objects/tools, and totally worthy of spending the time to make some examples, using the techniques and ti I normally use to make swords.
This pair of prototype chopsticks were made from two thin strips cut from a sword billet of forged beta titanium alloy, leftovers from an earlier blade. The tips were heat-treated as if they were a springy, stiff blade, and have polished conical points that can stab with force, but not sharp enough to poke you while eating. The back end are ground into a diamond point for jabbing or even slicing!
Perfect for those occasions when you ask for ketchup at the wrong sushi joint and infuriate an entire group of Yakuza, and suddenly need something pokey to ward them off while you make your escape.
