Correction: 3 times sharper than diamond and hundreds of times sharper than steel.
Always thought this thing is far more terrifying than a sword. Between that and the fucking Death Whistle, the Aztecs knew how to make people shit their pants.
They were so terrifying, entire nations around them allied with literal white demons from across the water in order to get rid of them.
Probably the most metal of historical civilizations. On par with the Mongols.
wow yes it is cool as hell, i always thought it was a rouch mace with glass shards stuck in it
Steel is also easier to work and is more versatile
To make an obsidian kinfe/scalpel/whatever you need a piece of obsidian bigger than the thing you want to make out of it, then knock bits off until it's the size and shape you want
Yeah, if you're familiar with flint knapping ìt's exactly the same process, but easier (and more expensive) to fuck up
Every year over a million rocks are flintnapped by the evil lithophile cabal.
Often used for very delicate surgeries, since they can have blades that are only a single molecule wide. The Inca used obsidian tools to open the skull and perform some of the earliest known successful trepannings.
successful trepannings
uhhh huh? like they successfully removed all the demons?
ah yeah for bleeding that's building up I guess that could help; I had only heard of that term used for drilling holes to get the demons out.
