Comments on: Stone tools with plastic handles http://boingboing.net/2012/10/13/stone-tools-with-plastic-handl.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 22:06:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Mary Floyd http://boingboing.net/2012/10/13/stone-tools-with-plastic-handl.html#comment-1558308 Mary Floyd Wed, 17 Oct 2012 07:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=187252#comment-1558308 Don't worry about the terrorists. They won't read these nerdy comments. Don’t worry about the terrorists. They won’t read these nerdy comments.

]]> By: Donald Petersen http://boingboing.net/2012/10/13/stone-tools-with-plastic-handl.html#comment-1557057 Donald Petersen Mon, 15 Oct 2012 22:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=187252#comment-1557057 That's a long row to hoe for a practical joke.  But yes, I do believe it'd be worth it. That’s a long row to hoe for a practical joke.  But yes, I do believe it’d be worth it.

]]> By: Thad http://boingboing.net/2012/10/13/stone-tools-with-plastic-handl.html#comment-1556989 Thad Mon, 15 Oct 2012 21:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=187252#comment-1556989 <b> ... functionality coincide on a tangible scale. </b> It was looking good until I read the write up. What utter bollox! … functionality coincide on a tangible scale.

It was looking good until I read the write up. What utter bollox!

]]> By: Jonathan Peterson http://boingboing.net/2012/10/13/stone-tools-with-plastic-handl.html#comment-1556700 Jonathan Peterson Mon, 15 Oct 2012 15:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=187252#comment-1556700 not practical, but striking.  It's a shame that pretty high quality industrial design/implementation in the plastic parts is framing points that are little better than rocks banged together.  Just imagine the same handles on something like this" http://flintknappers.com/images/products/1254176729knives_166_thru_172_044.jpg not practical, but striking.  It’s a shame that pretty high quality industrial design/implementation in the plastic parts is framing points that are little better than rocks banged together.  Just imagine the same handles on something like this” http://flintknappers.com/images/products/1254176729knives_166_thru_172_044.jpg

]]> By: Analog Kid http://boingboing.net/2012/10/13/stone-tools-with-plastic-handl.html#comment-1556692 Analog Kid Mon, 15 Oct 2012 15:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=187252#comment-1556692 Best defense is a good offense.  I can buy that. Best defense is a good offense.  I can buy that.

]]> By: alternatelives http://boingboing.net/2012/10/13/stone-tools-with-plastic-handl.html#comment-1556685 alternatelives Mon, 15 Oct 2012 14:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=187252#comment-1556685 Of course, it could go the other way. I think any terrorist would back down when faced with a planefull of angry knife-wielding travelers. Of course, it could go the other way. I think any terrorist would back down when faced with a planefull of angry knife-wielding travelers.

]]> By: Analog Kid http://boingboing.net/2012/10/13/stone-tools-with-plastic-handl.html#comment-1556629 Analog Kid Mon, 15 Oct 2012 10:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=187252#comment-1556629 Congrats.  You guys just gave the terrorists a great idea! Congrats.  You guys just gave the terrorists a great idea!

]]> By: scav http://boingboing.net/2012/10/13/stone-tools-with-plastic-handl.html#comment-1556618 scav Mon, 15 Oct 2012 08:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=187252#comment-1556618 I want to be buried with one of these to mess with future archaeologists. I also want to spend the last few years of my life eating food grown in a greenhouse supplied with CO2 made from limestone, so I carbon date as living in the Cretaceous. I want to be buried with one of these to mess with future archaeologists. I also want to spend the last few years of my life eating food grown in a greenhouse supplied with CO2 made from limestone, so I carbon date as living in the Cretaceous.

]]> By: amok69 http://boingboing.net/2012/10/13/stone-tools-with-plastic-handl.html#comment-1556465 amok69 Sun, 14 Oct 2012 20:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=187252#comment-1556465 I'm sorry to say that Ami Drach passed away on September 5th in his house in Tel-Aviv from cardiac arrest, leaving behind a wife and three daughters. Among his many accomplishments was heading the Industrial Design Department at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem, Israel, from 2004 to 2008. He will be missed by all that have had the opportunity to cross paths with him. http://www.haaretz.co.il/gallery/design/1.1818158 I’m sorry to say that Ami Drach passed away on September 5th in his house in Tel-Aviv from cardiac arrest, leaving behind a wife and three daughters. Among his many accomplishments was heading the Industrial Design Department at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem, Israel, from 2004 to 2008. He will be missed by all that have had the opportunity to cross paths with him.
http://www.haaretz.co.il/gallery/design/1.1818158

]]> By: babVU98i http://boingboing.net/2012/10/13/stone-tools-with-plastic-handl.html#comment-1556285 babVU98i Sun, 14 Oct 2012 03:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=187252#comment-1556285 I watched a guy flake chert speartips and arrowheads once as part of an undergrad anthopology course. Then we got to try.  It is not an easy thing to do.  Flint knapping, he called it. I watched a guy flake chert speartips and arrowheads once as part of an undergrad anthopology course. Then we got to try.  It is not an easy thing to do.  Flint knapping, he called it.

]]> By: edthehippie http://boingboing.net/2012/10/13/stone-tools-with-plastic-handl.html#comment-1556282 edthehippie Sun, 14 Oct 2012 03:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=187252#comment-1556282 neo-pagan , almost definitionally so !!  : honourific do repeat  infinity , end of tape or untill   " we are an old people , we are a new people , we are techno-pagan people , better than before , stronger than before  " ; ( as musical  round ) neo-pagan , almost definitionally so !!
 : honourific do repeat  infinity , end of tape or untill   ” we are an old people , we are a new people , we are techno-pagan people , better than before , stronger than before  ” ; ( as musical  round )

]]> By: Vnend http://boingboing.net/2012/10/13/stone-tools-with-plastic-handl.html#comment-1556281 Vnend Sun, 14 Oct 2012 03:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=187252#comment-1556281 Some time wrapping them with leather strips (or dipping them in something modern giving a good grip) could work wonders for that. Some time wrapping them with leather strips (or dipping them in something modern giving a good grip) could work wonders for that.

]]> By: cdh1971 http://boingboing.net/2012/10/13/stone-tools-with-plastic-handl.html#comment-1556268 cdh1971 Sun, 14 Oct 2012 02:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=187252#comment-1556268 Bone handled knives have been around for quite a while. But I'm sure you meant something else ;)  Bone handled knives have been around for quite a while. But I’m sure you meant something else ;) 

]]> By: Sum One http://boingboing.net/2012/10/13/stone-tools-with-plastic-handl.html#comment-1556267 Sum One Sun, 14 Oct 2012 02:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=187252#comment-1556267 Retro fetishism at its finest. Retro fetishism at its finest.

]]> By: cdh1971 http://boingboing.net/2012/10/13/stone-tools-with-plastic-handl.html#comment-1556265 cdh1971 Sun, 14 Oct 2012 02:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=187252#comment-1556265 Well, if you have a desk and have subordinates, you can display these on your desk within easy reach. I think that one can make the argument that this is art and merely an office decoration and not a weapon.  Should work equally well for educators and clergy.  Pic below is me at an office brainstorming session. So rewarding. (click to enlarge.) Well, if you have a desk and have subordinates, you can display these on your desk within easy reach. I think that one can make the argument that this is art and merely an office decoration and not a weapon. 

Should work equally well for educators and clergy. 

Pic below is me at an office brainstorming session. So rewarding. (click to enlarge.)

]]> By: Wayne Dyer http://boingboing.net/2012/10/13/stone-tools-with-plastic-handl.html#comment-1556189 Wayne Dyer Sat, 13 Oct 2012 22:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=187252#comment-1556189 What happens when the wrong end of an implement gets the innovation. What happens when the wrong end of an implement gets the innovation.

]]> By: acerplatanoides http://boingboing.net/2012/10/13/stone-tools-with-plastic-handl.html#comment-1556184 acerplatanoides Sat, 13 Oct 2012 21:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=187252#comment-1556184 Art. This particular art has edges. Art. This particular art has edges.

]]> By: MatthewKrohn http://boingboing.net/2012/10/13/stone-tools-with-plastic-handl.html#comment-1556156 MatthewKrohn Sat, 13 Oct 2012 20:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=187252#comment-1556156 They'll show up on the xray sometimes, but won't set off the metal detector.  I know someone who flies frequently with one and he's never had a problem. They’ll show up on the xray sometimes, but won’t set off the metal detector.  I know someone who flies frequently with one and he’s never had a problem.

]]> By: the_engineer http://boingboing.net/2012/10/13/stone-tools-with-plastic-handl.html#comment-1556144 the_engineer Sat, 13 Oct 2012 19:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=187252#comment-1556144 turn the stone into obsidian then the terrorists will have a field day on airplanes. Just another example of how "airport security" is such an oxymoron. turn the stone into obsidian then the terrorists will have a field day on airplanes.

Just another example of how “airport security” is such an oxymoron.

]]> By: Tribune http://boingboing.net/2012/10/13/stone-tools-with-plastic-handl.html#comment-1556141 Tribune Sat, 13 Oct 2012 19:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=187252#comment-1556141 I wonder what the TSA would make of these? I wonder what the TSA would make of these?

]]> By: Trefunk http://boingboing.net/2012/10/13/stone-tools-with-plastic-handl.html#comment-1556139 Trefunk Sat, 13 Oct 2012 19:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=187252#comment-1556139 Badgers still live in burrows, amazing. Badgers still live in burrows, amazing.

]]> By: Trefunk http://boingboing.net/2012/10/13/stone-tools-with-plastic-handl.html#comment-1556137 Trefunk Sat, 13 Oct 2012 19:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=187252#comment-1556137 Good for a short amok.  Good for a short amok. 

]]> By: Trefunk http://boingboing.net/2012/10/13/stone-tools-with-plastic-handl.html#comment-1556136 Trefunk Sat, 13 Oct 2012 19:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=187252#comment-1556136 Sarcasm, from Gk "to strip off flesh" is a bit like a stone tool with plastic handle. Sarcasm, from Gk “to strip off flesh” is a bit like a stone tool with plastic handle.

]]> By: Florian Bösch http://boingboing.net/2012/10/13/stone-tools-with-plastic-handl.html#comment-1556128 Florian Bösch Sat, 13 Oct 2012 19:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=187252#comment-1556128 Yeah, unless you use them, in which case they become really dull really quick. I've had my schooldays stoneage excursions. And sharpening them isn't like something you just do. It's like, you know, a hard-won skill, the kind that you do if you spend your live living in, oh I don't know, the stone age. Yeah, unless you use them, in which case they become really dull really quick. I’ve had my schooldays stoneage excursions. And sharpening them isn’t like something you just do. It’s like, you know, a hard-won skill, the kind that you do if you spend your live living in, oh I don’t know, the stone age.

]]> By: iread2 http://boingboing.net/2012/10/13/stone-tools-with-plastic-handl.html#comment-1556117 iread2 Sat, 13 Oct 2012 18:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=187252#comment-1556117 Have you ever held a stone knife? I have. Obsidian blades are often as sharp as a scalpel. Have you ever held a stone knife? I have. Obsidian blades are often as sharp as a scalpel.

]]> By: iread2 http://boingboing.net/2012/10/13/stone-tools-with-plastic-handl.html#comment-1556115 iread2 Sat, 13 Oct 2012 18:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=187252#comment-1556115 I think getting a big contrast was the design intent. But, yeah, the tomahawk looks fatiguing to hold. I think getting a big contrast was the design intent. But, yeah, the tomahawk looks fatiguing to hold.

]]> By: iread2 http://boingboing.net/2012/10/13/stone-tools-with-plastic-handl.html#comment-1556114 iread2 Sat, 13 Oct 2012 18:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=187252#comment-1556114 That humans and proto-humans thrived using stone tools for millions of years is something to ponder.  That humans and proto-humans thrived using stone tools for millions of years is something to ponder. 

]]> By: inkfumes http://boingboing.net/2012/10/13/stone-tools-with-plastic-handl.html#comment-1556113 inkfumes Sat, 13 Oct 2012 18:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=187252#comment-1556113 "Then he took his stone knife and skinned the heifer, and cut off a piece of fat meat. When he had done this, he said, “Why should I take your knives? The Ruler has given me something to cut with.” - Curly Chief -  Pawnee, ca. 1860 “Then he took his stone knife and skinned the heifer, and cut off a piece of fat meat. When he had done this, he said, “Why should I take your knives? The Ruler has given me something to cut with.” – Curly Chief –  Pawnee, ca. 1860

]]> By: bcsizemo http://boingboing.net/2012/10/13/stone-tools-with-plastic-handl.html#comment-1556096 bcsizemo Sat, 13 Oct 2012 17:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=187252#comment-1556096 A little too modern for my taste.  If you are going to use plastics at least make the handles more ergonomic/comfortable. A little too modern for my taste.  If you are going to use plastics at least make the handles more ergonomic/comfortable.

]]> By: Nathan Hornby http://boingboing.net/2012/10/13/stone-tools-with-plastic-handl.html#comment-1556093 Nathan Hornby Sat, 13 Oct 2012 17:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=187252#comment-1556093 Would be a great camping knife though. Would be a great camping knife though.

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