Big fan of JewelCraft and the changes made to smelting, thanks for another great in-style mod.
@BeckyRAT - As others have said, obsidian is sharp, but very fragile. Real obsidian is not a material suited to real weapons, as in combat the edges of a composite material blade would very quickly chip and any whole blade would quickly shatter. Additionally, although obsidian knives can be made sharp initially, they have very poor edge retention and obsidian scalpels commonly used in plastic surgery are frequently only used once or twice. After the edge has been lost, a common surgical steel scalpel is more effective.
As far as I understand it, the only surgeons who use obsidian scalpels are plastic surgeons and well-positioned specialists (neurosurgeons, perhaps) who are A. Extremely concerned about the possibility of scar tissue and need as sharp of a tool for the initial incisions as possible, and B. Have the money to replace expensive scalpels with a very short usage life. Given the materials available, the most logical and reasonable methodology for a high-class surgeon would be a mix of both, with a preference for obsidian on the especially "fine" work like skin tissue on the face/hands, fine muscle incisions, and anything involving nerve tissue.
I think the misconception comes up because obsidian can be made so sharp. As BeckyRAT stated, doctors do prefer obsidian scalpels because they can be made far sharper than any traditional metal blade. That said, it's glass. Not TESglass- real glass. It's extremely hard, but incredibly brittle.
@BeckyRAT Actually, obsidian in real life is VERY fragile. Its just like a black glass. Very, very brittle. You might be thinking of obsidian in certain mining games, which is completely unrealistic.
I like, so far. Though I wish you could make it look darker, as Obsidian is ... well. Black. x3 Any chance this also makes Obsidian weapons with upped stats? I can't think of how powerful they'd be, but realistically, Obsidian is stronger than Diamond iirc, (I know doctors use them as scalpels and cutting through bone.)
Yeah I'm part of that odd west island. I'm in the gold coast so used to dealing with you kiwis (in fact I'm engaged to one *~*). I'll look into testing the helm a bit more on the males. thanks for the quick reply
Your welcome mate,.. glade you got good taste <grin>
Yeah I'm part of that odd west island. I'm in the gold coast so used to dealing with you kiwis (in fact I'm engaged to one *~*). I'll look into testing the helm a bit more on the males. thanks for the quick reply
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@BeckyRAT - As others have said, obsidian is sharp, but very fragile. Real obsidian is not a material suited to real weapons, as in combat the edges of a composite material blade would very quickly chip and any whole blade would quickly shatter. Additionally, although obsidian knives can be made sharp initially, they have very poor edge retention and obsidian scalpels commonly used in plastic surgery are frequently only used once or twice. After the edge has been lost, a common surgical steel scalpel is more effective.
As far as I understand it, the only surgeons who use obsidian scalpels are plastic surgeons and well-positioned specialists (neurosurgeons, perhaps) who are A. Extremely concerned about the possibility of scar tissue and need as sharp of a tool for the initial incisions as possible, and B. Have the money to replace expensive scalpels with a very short usage life. Given the materials available, the most logical and reasonable methodology for a high-class surgeon would be a mix of both, with a preference for obsidian on the especially "fine" work like skin tissue on the face/hands, fine muscle incisions, and anything involving nerve tissue.
we Bump so you notice,.. read above
I guess we'er a tad busy right now lol
Wrong time of year a.
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Clever Kiwi sorted it out,..
Seems theres a helmet_1.nif missing in the meshes dir mate
Your welcome mate,.. glade you got good taste <grin>
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Just in case some are worried about colour
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