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* In ''Literature/ProtectorOfTheSmall'', Raoul demonstrates the sharpness of Kel's [[BladeOnAStick naginata]] to Flynn by placing a feather on the blade. It, of course, cuts the feather in half without any effort. Kel also tests the sharpness of a blade sent by her AnonymousBenefactor with a hair from her head.
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* In ''Literature/ProtectorOfTheSmall'', Raoul demonstrates the sharpness of Kel's [[BladeOnAStick naginata]] naginata to Flynn by placing a feather on the blade. It, of course, cuts the feather in half without any effort. Kel also tests the sharpness of a blade sent by her AnonymousBenefactor with a hair from her head.
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[[caption-width-right:350:If it can cut through something this small, imagine what it can do to the rest of you!]]
[[caption-width-right:350:If it can cut through something this small, imagine what it can do to the rest of you!]]
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One way of showing the [[AbsurdlySharpBlade sharpness of a blade]] is dropping a strand of hair, or thread, on it and watch it split it in half. Other items used to demonstrate the blades sharpness include silk fabric or a cushion. An absurdly sharp blade will likely make a sound, too.
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One way of showing the [[AbsurdlySharpBlade sharpness of a blade]] is dropping a strand of hair, or thread, on it and watch it split it in half. Other items used to demonstrate the blades sharpness include silk fabric or a cushion. An absurdly sharp blade will [[AudibleSharpness likely make a sound, sound]], too.
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One way of showing the [[AbsurdlySharpBlade sharpness of a blade]] is dropping a strand of hair, or thread, on it and watch it split it in half. Other items used to demonstrate the blades sharpness include silk fabric.
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One way of showing the [[AbsurdlySharpBlade sharpness of a blade]] is dropping a strand of hair, or thread, on it and watch it split it in half. Other items used to demonstrate the blades sharpness include silk fabric.
fabric or a cushion. An absurdly sharp blade will likely make a sound, too.
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One way of showing the [[AbsurdlySharpBlade sharpness of a blade]] is dropping a strand of hair, or thread, on it and watch it split it in half. Not to be confused with splitting hairs, which is about fine distinctions.
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One way of showing the [[AbsurdlySharpBlade sharpness of a blade]] is dropping a strand of hair, or thread, on it and watch it split it in half. Other items used to demonstrate the blades sharpness include silk fabric.
Not to be confused with splitting hairs, which is about fine distinctions.
Not to be confused with splitting hairs, which is about fine distinctions.
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* In ''Gamebook/TunnelsOfFear'', a monster gleefully demonstrates the sharpness of its broadsword by swinging it at a huge cobweb, which is sliced cleanly, without a single thread pulling away from the wall.
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* In ''Gamebook/TunnelsOfFear'', a monster gleefully demonstrates the sharpness of its broadsword by swinging it at a huge cobweb, which is sliced cleanly, without a single thread pulling away from the wall.
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* ''Thidrek's Saga'': For the smithing contest against the king's smith, [[Myth/WaylandTheSmith Weland the Smith]] forges a sword and tests it by throwing a felt hat into a stream and letting it drift down on the sword's edge, so that the hat is cut in two. Despite the apparent success, Weland breaks the sword and forges the fragments into a new blade, then repeats the test with a blanket, which also is cut in half. Nevertheless Weland repeats the process another time; only when the third sword passes the test against an even thicker blanket, he is satisfied. Notably the author seems not to have understood the logic of the trope, as the objects tested against the sword's edge get heavier each time; since it is implied that Weland is raising the bar with each test, the objects used should get lighter.
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* ''Thidrek's Saga'': ''Literature/ThidreksSaga'': For the smithing contest against the king's smith, [[Myth/WaylandTheSmith Weland the Smith]] forges a sword and tests it by throwing a felt hat into a stream and letting it drift down on the sword's edge, so that the hat is cut in two. Despite the apparent success, Weland breaks the sword and forges the fragments into a new blade, then repeats the test with a blanket, which also is cut in half. Nevertheless Weland repeats the process another time; only when the third sword passes the test against an even thicker blanket, he is satisfied. Notably the author seems not to have understood the logic of the trope, as the objects tested against the sword's edge get heavier each time; since it is implied that Weland is raising the bar with each test, the objects used should get lighter.
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* ''Thidrek's Saga'': For the smithing contest against the king's smith, [[Myth/WaylandTheSmith Weland the Smith]] forges a sword and tests it by throwing a felt hat into a stream and letting it drift down on the sword's edge, so that the hat is cut in two. Despite the apparent success, Weland breaks the sword and forges the fragments into a new blade, then repeats the test with a blanket, which also is cut in half. Nevertheless Weland repeats the process another time; only when the third sword passes the test against an even thicker blanket, he is satisfied. Notably the author seems not to have understood the logic of the trope, as the objects tested against the sword's edge get heavier each time; since it is implied that Weland is raising the bar with each test, the objects used should get lighter.
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The ability to split atoms is standard Absurdly Sharp Blade. Split Hair is when very light objects falling on the blade are cut by gravity alone.
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** Death's scythe is described as so sharp it can split ''atoms'' - and even the text on a page in a different dimension.
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Split Hair is "dropping a strand of hair, or thread, on a blade and watch it being split in half", to demonstrate a blade's sharpness. This image
◊ shows "St. Minutia" splitting a hair lengthwise, clearly referencing the extraordinary ability of "finding exceedingly small differences which are probably neither important nor noticeable to most people" that this patron saint of catalogers is famous for. It is not meant to demonstrate the sharpness of the blade used.
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* [[http://yobj.net/notablog/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/saint_big.jpg Here's a picture of St. Minutia.]]
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* Honda Tadakatsu, a samurai from 16th Century Japan, carried a spear named Tonbokiri, or Dragonfly Cutter, because it was said to be so sharp that a dragonfly landing on the tip would be sliced in half by its own weight.
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* Honda Tadakatsu, a samurai from 16th Century Japan, carried a spear named Tonbokiri, or Dragonfly Cutter, because it was said to be so sharp that a dragonfly landing on the tip would be sliced in half by its own weight.
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* ''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors'': In Honda Tadakatsu's route in the first game, his opening cinematic shows a dragonfly land on the blade of his spear only to be split in half by its own weight. This was a reference to the legend that the real Honda Tadakatsu's spear was that sharp.
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* ''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors'': In Honda Tadakatsu's route in the first game, his opening cinematic shows a dragonfly land on the blade of his spear only to be split in half by its own weight. This was a reference to the legend that the real Honda Tadakatsu's spear was that sharp.
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