that's the dude

Foghat?

Good 1

I'm interested in the operation of historic non-European states and civilisations

they are fascinating

Eh i only find the European ones fascinating

the Aztecs still managed to invent the sharpest weapon used

nar

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macuahuitl

Doubt

Obsidian bladed

it wasn't the sharpest

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tlaltecuhtli

This guy's body is the earth according to the aztecs, he only stays as the earth because of human sacrifice @Canadalake

metal will always be sharper

Lol uranium rounds are sharper

^

Obsidian is sharper than metal

nope

yes

Lol so they believed the earth was like a monster

but its brittle and weak

it's just brittle

brittle has nothing to do with sharpness

and it isn't that shaper

you see

Could break against armor tho

metal is sharper because it does not lose it edge

If it’s brittle

the edge of obsidian is sharper than a razor

nope

the obsidian itself can just be broken

and yes it would break against armour Beezy

Obsidian is sharp, it's just also brittle.

that's got nothing to do with its sharpness though

its not as sharp as metal

Is obsidian sharper than diamond

The big advantage of steel is that it can be both sharp and durable.

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Hardness has its influence over whether or not it remains to be sharp.

also shaper

Indeed, Eir.

Yeah steel's also easier to shape

Idk about obisidian but there is a reason steel was used

because of how we can sharpen it

Indeed.

Obsidian is really only useful for making scalpels and razors, in terms of blade sizes.

*Well-crafted obsidian blades, as with any glass knife, can have a cutting edge many times sharper than high-quality steel surgical scalpels, the cutting edge of the blade being only about 3 nanometers thick.[48]*

From the page on obsidian

Yeah but why use obsidian if u can use diamond

Honestly, I don't find primitive civilizations to be of interest, especially ones that drove themselves into extinction. They're worth brief study, but not monumental and noteworthy praise.

every civilisation dies

Because diamond is even more annoying to work with tbh

I mainly fond European history interesting

Unless what you need is diamond *dust*

But don’t diamonds last a lot longer

yeah so do i.

Have you heard of the Tollense Valley Battle?

And what about synthetic diamonds for tools

Prob easier to work with then real diamond

You don't need synthetic diamonds for tools lol

Ours will not; it'll merely transform over time, as it is intended to.

@Canadalake Heard of the Tollense Valley Battle?

but saying obsidian shaper then metal is delusional if a bit misinformed.

Sounds familiar

But no recall

But no idea on how shape-craftable diamond is, synthetic or otherwise

Yeah same lmao

It's a battle hypothesised to have taken place about 1500-1400 BCE in north-east Germany

Between what forces?

Unknown

@Eirshy there are diamond drill bits and saw blades

but it's estimated there were as many as 4,000 warriors present

Also @Engineered Eldritch Catgirl pretty sure obsidian is *sharper* than metal, the problem is it's so absurdly more brittle and harder to shape that that sharpness doesn't really do you much good

Damn that’s actually kinda hype

@Spooky Melon You giving me Tenchu Wrath of Heaven flashbacks?

in a region with a population density of just 5 people per square kilometer

@Spooky Melon, waste of time.

@Spooky Melon Yeah and those use what amounts to diamond *dust*.

Look at the opportunity-cost there.

@Eirshy no its not, now how we can sharpen metal now.

yeah, the obsidian is claimed to be sharper, obviously no personal experience. the fragility fucks it over though

I mean fuck, we use diamonds in thermal paste

Prob synthetic

Tollense valley is the largest Bronze Age excavated battle site in the world

if best you can say its sharper till you use it and fuck the edge up but thats still pushing it.

No, legit ones. Diamond is fucking common as fuck

The only rare aspect of diamonds is jewel-grade

because despite many Bronze Age battles having been documented to occur in the Near East, there's little archaeological evidence for it

they are hard to shape, in a general sense, and honestly, you dont really need the whole diamond

Unreal, crazy how people were alive back then

@Spooky Melon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4X7mMNZJ6s

But industrial-grade diamond is stupid cheap

fun fact the word Armageddon comes from a battle in the 15th century BC at a place called Megiddo

people put the diamonds on the bits and saw blades so it can chip through things, whats behind it is less important, as its just holding it together