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Important knife sharpener review (startrek.website)

submitted 1 year ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website to c/risa@startrek.website

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[–] Nahvi@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Like you guessed it is a cultural icon. The emperor that united their home world used it.

In Star Trek lore, the Klingon Kahless created the bat'leth around CE 625. According to Klingon mythology, he formed the blade by dropping a length of his hair into some lava from inside the Kri'stak Volcano, then cooling, shaping, and hardening it in the lake of Lursor.[5] He then united Qo'noS, the Klingon homeworld, by killing a tyrant named Molor with the weapon, which became known as the Sword of Kahless.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat%27leth#Use_in_Star_Trek

[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago

See, that makes sense why it's a less than ideal design. We have weird weapons here on earth that have significance, but aren't ideal designs. The batleth is more of a hungamunga than a longsword :)

[–] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 1 points 1 year ago

Ok, so it's made of carbon fibre. But that can't be the only ingredient.