>> ^Hybrid:

It's insane that the coiled loading process has not been mechanized.


Machines dont handle fibre spooling like that with enough finesse.

The cable shown in this video is of the unarmored variety. This is mainly laid in the deep segments of cable runs, where anchor drops are least likely to cause a cut. The cables that run from the shore out to depths that are unreachable by all but the largest seafaring vessels are armored even further with Kevlar sheaths covering quite a lot more steel wires wrapped around the thin inner core of the cable you see in this video.

Laying of the cable in the deep ocean requires a plow, the cable is literally sown several feet beneath the seabed with said plow to ensure that no anchor drops, or fishing nets can cause a cable cut.

Cables are laid in areas of ocean that are marked on sea charts as 'no-drop' zones. In most nations, dropping anchor in these areas carries a MONSTROUS fine, whether you cut the cable or not.

>> ^ex-jedi:
Hmm, that's not the way I would load a springy knife. That's dancing around the EIA area.



I was thinking that myself, but I guess that's what the metal tubed sheath is for.

Just me, but I would think this is less a throwing knife than a powered stabbing weapon. As in you would fire it as you stabbed someone, making it go in farther.

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Not only do I doubt most baseball players could un-sheath, swing, and chop a chunk off a 93 mph fastball with a katana, I doubt you could consistently hit anything more than a pop up off the same pitching machine, with a bat. If an average person could do this, or even productively hit a 93 mph pitch, you would see a lot more good players in the MLB, and a lot less benchwarmers.

>> ^village1diot:
Yeah, most ball players could do that. I probably could, and I haven't played in years.

This is actually Philip's attempt at a chat up line.

Remember to always sheath your sword before penetration Philip.

I've never seen anyone wallpaper the face of a brick or concrete block wall. If this is intended to mean anything they should use real wall assemblies. I suspect the cost of the paper would be better spent on upgrading the construction from the typical (sheathing and framing materials you can cut with utility knives and metal snips) to something heavier duty.

$10 SOLD + SHEATH! n' STRING!

Haha, it's a small world. I too assumed you guys knew each other. Oh, and for the record I don't find this even remotely cute. Not at all. Ugly, in fact. So the little feline reading over my shoulder can just sheathe her little claws, thank-you-very-much.

jlee22:
110 nerd points to wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visionaries:_Knights_of_the_Magical_Light

* Witterquick Light Speed -- "Sheathe these feet in the driving gale, Make swift these legs o'er land I sail!"