Japanese Sword spilts a Bullet

[mobobuff]

Originally posted by: BaboonGuy

Originally posted by: Shockwave
That feat should be relatively easy for ANY decently made sword. Espeically using pistol ammunition. Pistol bullets are lead, you can actually "cut" then with a good butterknife. I've made many a homemade hollowpoint by taking a pocket knife and cutting a deep X into the tips.

true, IF it was a regular bullet. i speak japanese, in the opening parts, they explain the bullet is special made: titanium casing with a diamond core.

Yeah but if you look, it looks like the "diamond core" remains intact, only a decently sized chunk of the sheeting goes flying off, the larger part is just deflected.

What I was amazed by was the aiming mechanism.

 

[chuckywang]

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[UNCjigga]

This thread makes my whistling BS meter go 'WHOOOOOOOOOO WHOOOOOOOOOOO!!!'

 

[Anubis]

maxim had a seried of photos of something very similar except they fired a LED bullet at the blade and used super high speed photography so you could actually see the bullet hit and split open

 

[DrPizza]

I believe shockwave is correct. As far as diamond hitting the steel, you're erroneous if you think the steel will shatter because the diamond is harder. The diamond will shatter because it's more brittle than the steel. If you don't believe me though and are convinced you're right, then I suggest you attempt the following: Take your wife's/girlfriend's biggest diamond. Hopefully you're engaged and it's a huge stone... Put it on a piece of crappy or good quality steel... your choice. Then smack it with a hammer, again - either of good quality or poor quality steel. I guarantee the hammer is not going to shatter "because the diamond is harder" If you want to do this cheaper, use a big quartz crystal... again, quartz has a higher hardness than most steel. But, again, the hammer is not going to shatter.