Is this the future of blade materials?

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Well I was watching Modern Marvels and I saw something called Liquid Metal. It seems like an amazing alloy really, heres a link to a page about it- here- read the whole thing, its really cool, also there is a little video on the top lefthand corner of the page showing a liquis metal ball bearing bouncing next to titanium and stainless steel ball bearings. So what do you guys think?
 
This amorphous atomic structure leads to a unique set of characteristic properties for the family of Liquidmetal alloys.

These characteristic properties are:
High Yield Strength
High Hardness
Superior Strength/Weight Ratio
Superior Elastic Limit
High Corrosion Resistance
High Wear-Resistance
Unique Acoustical Properties
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That's all very nice, but how will these properties combine to produce a superior knife blade? Many materials with interesting properties simply don't perform well as practical sharp-edged tools.

If some artisan can produce a blade from this material that will pass my rake-handle test with an edge angle of 20 degrees or less included I will be impressed.

Until then, it's an interesting oddity.
 
They could possibly work quite well, especially when we go back,
and re-colonize our home ---->> MARS .....
 
George Tichbourne stopped using it and says its not a good blade material. RW Clark may still be messing with it, not sure, as I believe he's stopped selling to the public (and hasn't posted since January).
 
liquid metal is about ten years old. it was used in golf clubs briefly but never caught on. it was viewed as more of a gimmick than useful technology.
 
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