Magic sword

>magic sword
>one micron thick

How dangerous would this be?

>magic
depends on the setting

Assuming 'magic' means that it won't break, then very, very dangerous. You're effectively delivering all the force of your blow to an area one micron wide, which would be very bad indeed. That said, it wouldn't carry anywhere near as much weight as a real sword, so the actual force of the blow would be less; you might therefore struggle to cut through anything very thick because the blade would gain ~0 momentum.

Basically, it would work much better as a cheesewire than a sword, but it'd still be pretty nasty in certain situations.

user, are you trying to tell us something?

why wouldn't the sword be excellent at keeping momentum, as long as you had a considerable weight behind it?

like a big long broad ass blade

The Cutting Hair

It's magic so you can make it as dangerous as you want.

Does if have anything to do with something that rimes with benis?

Because one micron is basically zero, and zero multiplied by anything is still gonna be zero. If the sword gets wider in the middle, it might work, but then it's only one micron thick in the vaguest sense.

Look up monofilament whips from shadowrun

Paper Cut

I thought the OP implied the edge was 1 micron, at least that's how I interpreted it

>he doesn't have a monofilament launcher

The sword could have the mass of a thicker sword if it was very dense.

I would have to be unbreakable.

One micron is so thin it would break if you swing it, it couldn't handle the force.

It would be like that glass needle in that Sherlock movie.

Basically zero is not zero if you're going to multiply. .0000~1 will still have mass no matter how small. It is not so insignificant to be discounted entirely.

then its just a standard sword, 1 micron isnt very small in the scheme of things

Compared to the force of friction against the edges of the blade, it will be.

if the blade is also 1 micro wide, and unbreakable then very. there would be very little shear and normal opposing force to stop you from putting it where you want, so it would cut through almost anything with ease. you would have to get used to cutting people to steep angles relative to gravity though, so they would slide apart, other wise the body might just heal those wounds really fast

Or variable swords in Ringworld rpg/ novels.

Would it cut or just pass through atoms?

Look up what "micron" means.

One micron thick you say?

about as dangerous as a lightsaber, probably

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Look up the redguard disaster.

>only one micron thick
>not also weighted to a regular sword's mass

It's basically a blade of grass. You are attacking with a blade of grass..
*Flop*

>~0 momentum
Not if it's neutronium in a stasis field

With one micron I think just the weight of your arm should be enough to slice any known matter.

What if this ultra-thin, unbreakable sword had a big ol' ball of steel on the end to provide some weight? Then would it work?

>not cutting atoms with your sword
who needs magic when you can just nuke everything

if you are implying it would be hard enough and indestructible then it would be dangerous enough that no one would want to use it