I was browsing some forums the other day, looking for what folding steel actually does and came upon a funny comment. Although I cant find the link, I remember the post word for word. So, here it is.

 

"Folding the steel makes the blade stronger and sharper as well as making the blade lighter. Folding makes the blade lighter by trapping oxygen in between the layers to make it less dense."

 

I laughed a bit at "makes it sharper", but I was dying when he said that "it makes the blade lighter by trapping oxygen in between the layers!" If there was oxygen in between the layers, you are doing something VERY wrong.

 

Anyways, though someone might enjoy this.

Hey, it's on the internet so it has got to be true.  <_<

so which is lighter....a pound of feathers or a pound of lead???

If a  Kallikantzaroi asks you that it's probably already too late! cf This Imortal  Zelazany

You want a fun variant on this theme, try reading about korean fan death. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_death

 

My korean language teacher at DLI used to swear that they'd chop up the air too fine to breathe oxygen and you'd asphixiate.

My dad told me that if I ran fast enough in a rainfall, I could run between the raindrops and I wouldn't get wet.

If anything, air in between the layers would make it heavier XD

 

Glad others got a laugh from this.