permanently poisonous blade?

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Maybe some governments are already developing this technology. Maybe its already in use for assassinations.


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I was talking with my manager about this today. He said that poison had been added to swords in the past by applying it directly to the blade and then coating it in wax. When used, the wax breaks off and the poison is exposed. Makes sense, but no idea if this was actually done.
 
This has become an interesting thread. :)
I can see it turning into a brainstorming session: how can you make the perfect poisonous knife? ;)
I vote for a thin blade (or a spike) with a blood through connected to a poison reservoir in the handles. There is a pyston there that releases the poison when you stab the knife deep enough. Of course, the handles is hollow and also has some antidote, in case you cut yourself or stab the wrong person (like your mother in law). :eek:
 
Yes, this is one of the most interesting topics I've seen on the forum! So far, I vote for Knife Clerk's wax-over-the-poison idea.

(Trivia: On those poison arrows, the curare is applied to the arrow shaft, behind the arrowhead, NOT the arrowhead. This is for the archer's safety, so he isn't killed by getting scratched accidentally by an arrowhead.)
 
OK

Scorpions are permanently poisonous, but they are a living thing. It eats matter and turns it into poison. So the sting of a scorpion although hard is not permanently poisonous. I is just a delivery system. This is like the piston idea.

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I can see the FBI monitoring this thread.
 
Perhaps a rusty(ed) knife.Tetanus=Blood poisoning=Systemic failure=Death.
Heat treating temps would neutralize any poison I know of. :D
 
Gollnick said:
Nope. They use poisoned umbrellas for that.
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Sort of. The umbrella wasn't really poisoned - it was probably just a spring-loaded device that delievered the ricin-infused pellet or dart that killed Georgi Markov.
 
I heard that some people are allergic to nickel silver. Maybe if you stab someone with a nickel silver blade and leave it in there long enough, they'll get an infection or something.
 
You know, in most "developing nations" (read: third world countries) where large cats and humans live in close proximity, the main reason people die from large cat encounters is infection. This is due to the bacteria and whatnot that are trapped under the claws of the animal (since they contact everything from raw meat to feces with their claws).

Maybe someone should combine this notion with the Aztecs' sword technology, in which they made wooden sword/paddles and lined the edges with obsidian ships to form a sharp edge. Make a big wooden paddle, and line it with infectious lion and tiger claws!!!

Ha. This is funny.
 
Well, you could put poop on it and it would bacteria ridden for a while.

Also, I read a book on this (novel) that was based on the "Oak Island Money Pit" story. Can't remember the title.

The treasure was an ancient blade that had been forged from a radioactive meteor, so of course it was poisonous, it killed everybody that came in contact with it. Not a great book, but not terrible.
 
a permanently poisonous blade (even if it could be made) seems highly impracticable - i don't know about other forumites - but i manage to get nicked or scratched with my own knives on occasion - so with the permanently posionous blades one migh end up permanently dead
 
Naymit said:
a permanently poisonous blade (even if it could be made) seems highly impracticable - i don't know about other forumites - but i manage to get nicked or scratched with my own knives on occasion - so with the permanently posionous blades one migh end up permanently dead
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True but in the old days, if you weigh that against another man with a huge sword trying to kill you , its could be worth the risk.

You can forget trying to eat your dinner with it.
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At the microscopic level, all blades have levels of chemicals and toxins that could be considered a poison. Thus, the question is a trick question.

I never got the whole "poison knife" thing. If youre so sure you can cut/stab the guy, why need the poison? Its not like hes going to get stabbed and instantly melt into a puddle or anything...he is still going to be after you and you'll still need to be able to finish him off or run away. If you want to create a wimpmachine, you may as well invest in a blowgun and some sneakers to run away after you shoot, and stop wasting time crapping on dagger blades.:)
 
This is a little off the topic but didn't a certain to be unamed country in SE asia at one time dig pits and put sharpened bamboo in the bottom that was covered with feces? I seem to recall hearing something about it. If you stepped into the hole you got jabbed by the bamboo and infected with all kinds of nasty little germs.
 
Shann said:
Also, I read a book on this (novel) that was based on the "Oak Island Money Pit" story. Can't remember the title.

The treasure was an ancient blade that had been forged from a radioactive meteor, so of course it was poisonous, it killed everybody that came in contact with it. Not a great book, but not terrible.
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RIPTIDE, by D. Preston and L. Child.

My parents occasionally warned me not to touch the bamboo and metal blowgun darts that they brought back from Malaysia, because there is a chance that there could still be poison on them, even though they are almost 20 years old.
I can see why it might be a good thing to have poison on a little dart, but I don't want anything like that on my knives. Especially the balisongs.
 
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