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> "Surprisingly, our wooden knife is actually three times sharper than the typical stainless steel dinner table knife," he said. "It can achieve its purpose of cutting medium well-done steak very nicely without breaking." Cool stuff, but that's not very sharp. Still a long way to go?
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You can already bring scissors on a plane with 4 inch blades. That's two knives.
A scissor can't really compare to a proper forged and heat treated knife, and for the purpose of using a seemingly everyday object for a more malicious purpose there are better things imo.
> "Surprisingly, our wooden knife is actually three times sharper than the typical stainless steel dinner table knife," he said. "It can achieve its purpose of cutting medium well-done steak very nicely without breaking." Cool stuff, but that's not very sharp. Still a long way to go?
plus we should be eliminating well-done steak from the world, not providing more ways to cut it!
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You can already bring scissors on a plane with 4 inch blades. That's two knives.
Yeah, airport security is nothing but security theater. I wish we could eliminate it.
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plus we should be eliminating well-done steak from the world, not providing more ways to cut it!
I think they referenced medium-rare steak, not well done, which is quite useful to cut before eating.
Lovely idea. I would like to see a comparison of the energy requirement for hardening wood this way vs. making steel. Would give a better sense of whether this is a technology worth pursuing as one path toward decarbonising the future.
The video shows pretty mediocre cutting, but perhaps that's on par with a "typical table knife". There's a good reason restaurants will give you a steak knife, alongside a table knife, for red meat.
Fun days for airport security :) How do they handle people bringing caramic knifes today? Would wooden knives display clearly on their scanners?
Getting knives past airport security seems not particularly difficult from the experience of my circle and other anecdotal sources. I've had friends and family accidentally get knives through security on many occasions, and I have also accidentally done it myself. To my knowledge none of them has ever been caught in the converse situation and had to give up a knife. I imagine if one were resourceful and deliberate ab…