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Greg Reeves
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If the way you describe the shape is true, Kevin, then it seems that only the very tip would be capable of cutting/slicing. As the claw nears the hand, it gets progressively wider and concave, like a dull blade. A sword is sharp on the bottom edge all the way to the pommel/hilt, which is how I picture his claws working. Now stabbing on the other hand: the above cross-sectional shape WOULD work, but wouldn't be able to rend something in two.
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Kevin Hagerman
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Well, I always thought of the claws as much like rapiers, which are much more of a piercing that a slashing weapon. And of course, the main thing that makes the claws so deadly is that they are forged of the hardest metal, by far, known to man. They'd part steel as if it were a bead curtain.
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Brian Miller
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Some things transcend the Cowboys/Steelers schism! And Frank Miller will never convince me otherwise.
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Damn right.
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Brian Miller
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The sides of the claws are razor sharp from end to end. They taper from the middle out to give them that concave look. Just imagine a spoon with really, really sharp sides going all the way out to the tip of it. You'd still be able to slice side-to-side as well as stab.
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Brian Miller
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and the Blade thing only started when he became a Samurai Ninja Warrior with Kitty *************** Nope. Started a couple of years before that. Kitty was nowhere to be seen in the Claremont/ Miller miniseries. ( now, if only Al Milgrom was nowhere to be seen in the Kitty/ Wolverine mini...)
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Peter Martin
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They retract into his forearms. This gives you a clue as to how much they are able to curve. My two penneth is: not very much.
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Keith Thomas
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http://www.byrnerobotics.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=30907 &KW=wolverine+&PN=0&TPN=5 14th post down (though the whole thread is quite interesting)
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Anthony Warlow
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Wolverine's claws are a shape not found in nature.
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Steven McCauley
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Here Wolverine pops them through the palm of his hand: Daredevil # 196: http://www.comics.org/issue/37591/cover/4/?style=default
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John Byrne
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It just makes no sense to me for them to be shaped that way- the cutting edge is not only flat, but concave in that image! They would only be good for direct poking. To slice or cut, the sharpest edge needs to be on the bottom (much like a real claw). I don't think the katana blades work either- they're too narrow throughout.•• At least up thru my day, Wolverine had not been shown "sawing" thru anything. His cutting actions were always portrayed as a sweeping motion, usually downward, employing only the tips of the claws. This is why I came to imagine the claws tapering to an nearly infinitely small point. Otherwise, slicing thru metals like steel or iron would be virtually impossible, no matter how "sharp" the claws were, or how strong Logan was supposed to be. Frank Miller turned them into little samurai swords, which has been the model since -- and which makes no sense, as it places the cutting edge on TOP of the claws.
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Tony Midyett
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In junior high my friends and I used to argue about Wolverine all the time. I argued that he shouldn't be able to cut someone like The Hulk or The Thing, unless he possesses super-strength enough to _push_ those claws into their hides. I had never thought of your "infinitely small point" idea, JB. That would make it possible for him to cut through dang near anything, right?
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John Byrne
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I had never thought of your "infinitely small point" idea, JB. That would make it possible for him to cut through dang near anything, right? •• Exactly. It seemed to me the only way to explain some of the cutting actions we had seen him execute.
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