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the specific
resonance is
temper of the steel.
Gimme a minute, I'll get my headphones.I would simply design with a rudimentary understanding of the above, and end up with one that sings whatever tune it ends up singing.
Its been said that when Remington was making pocket knives in their heyday 100 years ago the cutlers would toss blades onto the cement floor in the corner of the room to check the temper. If the blades "had a good ring" to them when they hit the floor, they were tempered right.Yes,
natural frequency of a knife's
determined by the size of the blade, its geometry, composition, and the microstructure resulting from the heat treatment and
I imagine, a brilliant engineer could likely even design a knife to have a specific resonant frequency, taking all relevant factors into consideration. That's way beyond me though. I would simply design with a rudimentary understanding of the above, and end up with one that sings whatever tune it ends up singing.
Yup, when I used to do that the blades were always ringing when being sharpened.My scythe sings when I run the scythe stone down the length of the blade. That's the best singer I have as far as blades go.
Okay well I never actually watched the movie, so now I don't know what that one means..... (for those wondering, I had to have the oldmanwilly explain the huckleberry one to me a couple years ago, and it took a bit for me to get it)
ETA: Ah, found the answer.
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Maybe that will be a new sport addition to the Olympics. Since now they BreakdanceI have a microtech that raps