The ultimate "sharp" when it comes to polished edges? With WEPS...

Perhaps you could squeeze one of those fisherman split shot lead weights onto each end of the hair? THEN drop the hair onto the blade from a height of 6 feet. That should do it. :D Frankly, I don't think this is going to work without cheating in real life. In Highlander movies, yes. Real life, no.
 
salguod said:
Perhaps you could squeeze one of those fisherman split shot lead weights onto each end of the hair? THEN drop the hair onto the blade from a height of 6 feet. That should do it. :D Frankly, I don't think this is going to work without cheating in real life. In Highlander movies, yes. Real life, no.
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Split shot would be massive overkill, dropping it from six feet... a dull knife could cut it then.
 
Medic1210 said:
So the guy claims a flimsy thin hair dropped freely onto his blade severed from only its weight on the blade? I gotta say I'd have to see that with my own two eyes to believe it.
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LOL,even if I saw it with my own eyes I'd still have a hard time believing it.
 
I Dunno guys... I think it is possible, but you are right, there are many factors involved. Keep in mind, we're talking about a straight razor, not a knife... Its a whole different beast. But we'll let been advise us after he gets his WE in :), oh, and it may have not necessarily been honed on a WE.... Didn't say that anywhere, my bad.
 
Noctis3880 said:
Maybe there was a high powered infrared laser that happened to be pointing at the hair:D.
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There you go! Or perhaps you could just heat the blade to about 800 degrees and then drop the hair. I have a knife that could cut a free falling hair that way!
 
We know what this calls for:
The Mythbusters on Discovery Channel.
It's an _emergency_, so _somebody_ please phone Jamie Hyneman ASAP! :)
 
Didn't they test the free falling silk myth?

Human hair is pretty tough, and quite light. I would suggest that you could possibly get a hair "falling" fast enough in a vacuum or blow gun to pull this off, but I have played with enough edges to have a fairly justified dose of skepticism on the notion that a free falling hair could be cut under its own weight.
 
@unit:
I must have missed that episode (I haven't been watching regularly).
I'll have to see if I can watch it somewhere. Thanks! :)
 
i have a wicked lasers Artic 3 (1 watt portable laser hehe) which can do this (cut a falling hair, its gotta be black hair though, blonde doesnt really work). What is cool is that you can see the blue laser beam as it crosses the room/sky without any fog/steam/dust so its sorta a knife (the bright blue beam goes out to at least 4 miles at night which is really cool)...

as for an actual blade, I've only seen it in the movies.
 
I have had a WEPS for over a year now. I have sharpened knives to the point that they seemed to shave with no friction whatsoever...gliding beautifully over the skin with no pulling...but I believe the falling hair story falls into the same category as the apocryphal story of Saladin cutting a piece of falling silk veil in half with his Damascus steel scimitar...just a story. :chuncky:
I love the WEPS (does anyone doubt it LOL!?) and believe when I say, if it really could do that, Clay would have done it and put it up on YouTube, and I would be yelling it to the world. Not going to happen in this reality and dimension...the laws of physics are stacked against such a thing.

Cheers
Leo
 
Having spent most of my adult life as a teacher, I always attempt to keep an open mind on all topics, and admit to all possibilities. I find it quite difficult to use the word impossible."

Nevertheless, there are certain things that, whole possible in theory, are simply not within the capability of current technology to accomplish.

Some who pursue the study of the "pure" sciences, (as opposed to the social sciences) believe that reshaping the fabric of the space/time continuum (star-trek warp drive) is impossible due to the basic laws of physics.

Other equally gifted scholars will contend that such an argument is based on the laws of physics as we understand them today, and that understanding is, of course subject to change as knowledge increases.

In my opinion, (and I am not a scientist) the falling silk and falling hair degrees of sharpness are not possible with the sharpening techgnology available today. That is not to say that a new tool, abrasive, and/or technique will not emerge in the future, perhaps the very near future that will make such sharpness commonplace.

One should always keep an open mind. Nevertheless, one must also be willing to admit that things which are theoretically possible , are often practically impossible.
 
The only thing that jumps to my mind that might come close to doing these things, might be a blade from chipped obsidian. I understand that surgeons use scalpels made of this substance and these scalpels far exceed any edge sharpness obtainable on any of the known steels.Apparently the Aztecs for one made good use of such blades for another kind of surgery!
Good to hear there is another teacher around Ben. I too taught middle school for 40 years.

Cheers
Leo
 
leomitch said:
The only thing that jumps to my mind that might come close to doing these things, might be a blade from chipped obsidian. I understand that surgeons use scalpels made of this substance and these scalpels far exceed any edge sharpness obtainable on any of the known steels.Apparently the Aztecs for one made good use of such blades for another kind of surgery!
Good to hear there is another teacher around Ben. I too taught middle school for 40 years.

Cheers
Leo
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studies have shown there is less inflammation initially but in the end, scaring is just about the same as with a conventional scaple. suture pattern, suture selection, and knowing the natural lines of the body is the secret to reducing scaring.
 
leomitch said:
The only thing that jumps to my mind that might come close to doing these things, might be a blade from chipped obsidian. I understand that surgeons use scalpels made of this substance and these scalpels far exceed any edge sharpness obtainable on any of the known steels.Apparently the Aztecs for one made good use of such blades for another kind of surgery!
Good to hear there is another teacher around Ben. I too taught middle school for 40 years

Cheers
Leo
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Leo, my field was history, with an emphasis on social and political movements. I grew a bit weary of the propensity of many modern scholars to rewrite history for the purpose of furthering their personal agendas. So I retired, left the classroom and became a part time archivist.

Now, I have more time to study, hunt, fish and sharpen knives!
 
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