It’s such an honour and a pleasure to work with you on this amazing project Jörg! I am amazed at how far we have already come with this design together in such a short period of time! Interesting to add to your explanation about the curve being a natural translation of the movements of the arms during deployment of the knives… The curve also give the user knowledge as to what end the edges of the knives are going to end up during deployment. By design.. it is away from themselves when the pull the blades apart with arms in front (given they are holding the curve shape such that it will follow the natural curve of the arm movement). Viewers of the channel: I’d be honoured if you check the video description.
Joerg and Marten, I know is probally not a good idea to take random recomendations from viewers but here's mine: Make sure that closing of the blades can be done without precision or skill by the user. Having said that, and option cloud be a Conical guide or funnel that guides each blade to the right spot, is really an amazing desing and could be made with a lot of users in mind, like a toy for kids, kitchent knife for the general adults, or a cool knife to have for collectors.
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This would fill me with a humble sense of pride (I realize there is contradiction there) in the best possible way. If there is one man I hope wields our contraption I’d be Keanu Reeves 😎✅
This is one of the most creative slingshots I've seen today. I want a pair of those tanto blades even though I'll probably only use them as wall hangers
It's a great way to get a lot of blade out of a compact package. The immediate possible issues, are of course the structural integrity, since the blades are so long, and essentially sit on a mechanism, which can be tough be make sturdy. But not impossible. Secondly, the blades necessarily don't align with the hand, thereby making it harder to accurately cut. But as long as they're sufficiently sharp, it shouldn't be much of an issue. I'm very interested to see some stress and cutting tests with a prototype. It's definitely an intriguing design.
Absolutely fascinating! You make your very mechanically complex inventions look easy to make or do - much like watching a ski jumper doing 4 flips and 3 twist in one seamless jump (triple cork 1440). Easy to see, yet an impossibility for us mere mortals to ever do.
It probably took you less time to invent this than for me to wrap my head around it. 😸 Still looks "impossible" (or magical) and likely will baffle any attacker trying to process what just happened. Ingenious!
That is definitely a very cool set of knives! Even knowing how it works the tantos still seem like magic. The curve really helps make it look seemless, and I agree with the curve helping with the draw.
Ok, I've been with you for at least years 5-6 now, maybe longer, anyway i like a lot of your stuff and the knives are nice, a few are not my favorite but they are still cool BUT THIS KNIFE set has got to be the coolest thing i have seen you make. Good job and i will be eagerly awaiting the roll out of this.
*Amazing* I didn't understand at first but then i realized an extended half-blade is in the handle of the other handle and the extra half is stored *IN* the handles allowing for the blades to be protected but also as long as both handles combined. I would just want straight blades and to add some material to the back of the blade inside the handle to help connect it to the handle a bit more. Brilliant work! 👍
Thanks for showing us the guts of the thing. It’s absolutely brilliant engineering I see why you say that that design would be expensive to build- I hope the alternate design is not so much. I am continually amazed at the rapid evolution of the things you present, from the Instant Legolas onward. Having more eyes and minds on a problem helps a lot. Oh, and when you showed the first design my mind immediately went to curved blades, wondering if the concept was adaptable. Of course you got there first…
wow i couldnt beleive what i was seeing . you wouldnt beleive it but about 15 years ago me and a friend can up with something similar but it was based on a walking stick that would open up into two swords . i lost my workshop sometime back with moving and all the prototypes were lost otherwise i could of send you details on how far along we got with the build . i am going to contact my friend to see if still has anything or even maybe some shop notes . thank you you have rekindled my interest in this
Someone was like: What if Legolas had a multi arrow bow and then they showed some ridiculous biw and I was like, hey this guy on YT made something SOOOOO much better! 😂 Nice to see you still at work.
What a cool Design! The locking mechanism makes me think it could have an abrasive surface (or even a diamond surface) on the side where the other blade is inserted so the blades sharpen themselves while being drawn or inserted. The Locking Part would have to be thicker on one side so its angle would allow to only sharpen the blades edge.
These aren't work knives that require a lot of sharpening. I bet people pull them apart a lot just for the fun of it, so it's probably not a good idea if they get pulled through an abrasive sharpener every time
Making the handles out of aluminum with a steel liner might be better than all steel both for reduced weight and easier machining. Titanium would be ideal, but for a limited run that would be pretty expensive.
Wow Jorg this is extremely cool and one of your inventions I really do hope to buy if it becomes available. Absolutely love it! Please keep us updated😊
Brilliant idea Joerg, the tanto blades look fantastic, my only concern is after seeing it disassembled, there isnt much of the blade inside the handle once deployed. Im sure you know more than me about designing functional knives, so hopefully your design is more than sufficient. Would love to have one, (or a pair i suppose, lol) so keep us posted mate.
The knives can be named in german word of lightning and thunder because the one doesn't exist with the another.. love their collaboration.. hope the see more knives and its features
