synthetic diamond

[OogalaBoogal]

You would have to put several of these blades in sequence, at least 4, to prevent facial lacerations all over the place.

[credesniper]

You're dragging it down your skin, not slicing into it. Facepunch knows how to shave, right?

[Confused111]

[QUOTE=johan_sm;24163492]What kind of movies are you watching?[/QUOTE]
Movies my friends pressure me into watching that turn out to be idiotic shit

[B1N4RY!]

[QUOTE=Elexar;24169277]You're confusing hardness with toughness. Diamonds are very hard, (i.e scratch resistant, able to be and stay really sharp and stuff), but are also surprisingly brittle. [b]Drop a diamond and it'll do one of 3 things: nothing, lose it's clearness, or shatter in pieces.[/b][/QUOTE]

That's pretty much the possibilities of all nonmailable things you drop...

[Missing User]

[QUOTE=Murkat;24158290]Katanas that work like in the movies for once?[/QUOTE]

no

diamond as a weapon is ridiculously inefficient; it's good as a tool for cutting things, but it would be terrible as a weapon like a sword or a club or something. it would likely shatter upon impact. hardness (which really just determines how sharp it is) does not mean it's durable; if you go and whack a diamond with a hammer it's gonna shatter.

that's why nobody has actually invested in a suit of diamond armour

as for the katana, it is incredibly sharp and you can indeed cut a man in half with the blade.. however, strength tests for it are done with a large pole instead of a regular hilt, thus rendering it a less effective halberd. as an actual sword, the katana falls short. aside from keeping the same design for 700 years, it was mass-produced because of how cheap it was. it was essentially a last resort of samurai, used extremely rarely.

[Intenso]

I'm pretty sure this doesn't increase the cutting power of a normal razor blade [I]too[/I] much, it just extends the lifetime of normal razor blades substantially.

[editline]11:19PM[/editline]

ergo, no, you won't be able to slice off pieces of your own flesh if your hand slips whilst using it

[editline]11:21PM[/editline]

[QUOTE=credesniper;24176357]You're dragging it down your skin, not slicing into it. Facepunch knows how to shave, right?[/QUOTE]
this is facepunch, land of neckbeards and 12 year olds

[Elements]

I smell a new SAW movie with all blades being coated in Diamonds.

[B]SAW 23: GIRLS BEST FRIENDS[/B]

[Tukimoshi]

[QUOTE=nikola631;24158242]I bet that can slice down to the bone like butter.[/QUOTE]

Hence why you wouldn't use a straight-razor of this shit. You would peel your face off before you even notice it.

[sphynx]

[QUOTE=Elecbullet;24166168]In other news Gilette buys the patent and sells 8-blade versions called ProSmooth Diamond for 4 times the price[/QUOTE]

...[i]For men[/i].

[imadaman]

[QUOTE=sphynx;24178513]...[i]For men[/i].[/QUOTE]

But...
[i]Diamonds are Girl's best friend.[/i]

[The Winner]

let's coat knives and swords in diamond

BAM i tap your leg with my DIAMOND COATED BUTTER KNIFE and it falls off

[shatteredwindow]

Diamonds are touch, not necessarily sharp. It could be sharp if the blade was pure diamond, and they could cut a diamond down to be that sharp because it is touch, but it is coated over the steel, which can't be cut that sharp.

[Gamerkiwi]

[QUOTE=Orkel;24159478][media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNq4Oa1GwwE[/media]

Said blade slicing a human hair.[/QUOTE]

Now we're just splitting hairs here.

[Vinze]

I wonder if this helps shaving, or just selling.

I mean, think about it, why would diamonds make it any better? It's just hair...