FusionShardProductions

Just now, the iron dwarf said:

you may be able to add silver to the steel to make it 0.0001% more conductive but at the same time making the steel 25% weaker / softer, would that be a good selling point?

Hey I'm wondering if it would be possible, if another metal can give the same effect I'm looking for I'll gladly listen to what it is

7 minutes ago, Steve Sells said:

this has gone from  serious to ridiculous very fast...

Just keeping it real, I am very serious about wanting to figure out how to make a steel-X material composite blade and possibly creating a new market but what I do when I'm bored doesn't really matter here though. I should also probably rephrase what I said, it's not just me a friend of mine comes up with the ideas and I enjoy researching really anything so I find ways to help the story stay as realistic as possible with what I'm given

23 minutes ago, Steve Sells said:

Since it came up,  Its takes 50 milli amps to kill a man, less than half that to knock them out, lucky for us the human skin is a poor conductor.

Yeah maybe not a good idea to sell this possible product to the public but selling it to the military for close quarters combat which I honestly don't know how often that happens but I feel it would be more effective in cases of it anyway as I was saying if you sell it to the military you could probably make a killing

16 minutes ago, Prevenge said:

This reminds me of the time I was brainstorming how I could make a flamethrower that would also electrocute things. The general principle of a taser in practice is that it is not a lethal weapon .... a taser knife to me seems like using a compound hunting crossbow with broadheads to administer a tranquilizer. I don't blame you though...mad science is fun. Hypothetically speaking , I would probably construct it in a laminate fashion. with electrode plates and insulating plates sandwiched around a contemporary steel blade. Tasers work by delivering the shock between the two points right? Just energizing the whole blade probably wouldn't do much of anything.

Never said I'd sell it to the public, military most likely. Yeah mad science is fun and I'm taking what I learn from this thread and not only trying to produce one of these blades but I'm also writing something that is even more mad science (as I right science fiction when I get board) in which a sword can literally grow like you just used the stereotypical growth ray on it (it would grow 10 times with some sort of growth limiter placed on it) as well as it being able to shrink back down to its original size which is why I have also been researching rubber I guess (for the hilt grip), the most elastic substances basically, I know it is going to have to do something with resilin, but anyway I still want it to have some basis in reality oh and that sword is basically going to be able to be wielded by a giant ape.

2 minutes ago, TwistedCustoms said:

When I was very young I worked for a finance company repoing house trailers. I went to pick one up that had been vacant for months. Up to that time I had never picked one up that still had the power or water on so I wasn't in a habit of checking. One of the chores of repoing trailers is to cut the condenser unit loose and throw it in the back door. This was the early 1980s and we didn't recover coolant back then, just cut the copper lines and power with side cutters and when all the freon shot out pick up the unit and set it inside. Anyway, the meter  was gone but someone had stuck jumper wires into the base to steal electricity. When I cut the line going to the condenser unit I was instantly blinded by the flash and got a good coppery taste of ozone. My Klein side cutters were welded shut, not a1000 volt insulated pair, just regular Klein's. I never felt even the slightest tickle. I didn't ground out, no burns, no voltage, just a lesson I'll never forget. Oh, and also first hand knowledge that good old fashion tool steel is PLENTY conductive!

I know steel isn't a bad conductor by any means but there are metals that are better than it and if I can figure out which one can be melted down with steel to form a blade that is more conductive than normal steel and just as durable it would be a very good day in the world of Bladesmithing

5 minutes ago, Michael Cochran said:

I may be out of line but I have to say 'taser knives' are not going to be any good for any defensive measures and is in fact a very bad idea. The internal resistance of the human body is so low that very little electricity is needed to kill someone if it's introduced to the moist squishy insides.

You might also want to reread Stevens post. He clearly says it's not silver in those steel panels.

If I'm being attacked I'm looking to survive by whatever means necessary then again I never did say I would market them to the public and yeah I know he said it wasn't Silver which is why I said it isn't used often in the field of electronics or whatever it is and I just edited to clarify I know it isn't Silver.

50 minutes ago, Steve Sells said:

I remember  doing electrical service changes in a  bad neighbourhood,  when I got the permits at the building dept, I was warned to not put in grounding system until the last possible minute, as the clueless people there would steal them, thinking they could get $2# for the copper, not understanding the grounding rods we use are in fact steel, with a copper anti corrosion coating... salvage value about 7 cents a # 

Also many Bus bars in electrical panels are steel. but what do I know eh?  but that steel grade has  a few elements to help it be more conductive.   but its not silver    I will let you figure out what element that is, its not too hard to search the web and see.

I want to say Silver but it isn't used very often in the field of electronics or whatever it is from what I've read and you just said it wasn't Silver, Copper I know is used a lot, Gold is pretty conductive, Nickel, Zinc, Aluminium.

11 minutes ago, Michael Cochran said:

I wouldn't waste the silver myself. I have to ask why do you want a blade that's better capable of conducting electricity than a steel blade would? I cannot think of a good reason to even think about connecting a knife to a power supply much less making it conduct better. 

I don't quite know why I want to do this myself, maybe its to break into a new market with "Taser Knives" which I don't think are a thing yet and if they are it's a small market, I just know that I want to figure out how to make a blade that can conduct electricity better than a steel one that is also just as durable as a steel one.

First off no idea if this is the right place to post this if not I apologize. I have always had a fascination with the idea of trying to craft a blade that could have a electrical current flow through it. Regardless of how to do so which I'm still trying to find out as I still would want it to be a viable weapon and not change the way the specific type of blade would be handled. I know the best material to make a blade out of is steel but from what I have read though it is a conductor it is by far not the best, silver however is the best conductor of all metals at least that is what I have found to be the most consistent answer for the the question "Which metal is the best conductor?". My question for any Blacksmith willing to answer is, could steel be melted down along with silver, could the new metal then be made into a blade that is just as durable as a normal steel blade, and would that blade be a better conductor of electricity?