26th September 2009, 03:23 PM | #1 |
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Poison Philippine Blades?
Just saw this video on spider poisoned coated knife blades from the Philippines. To me this seems to be hype considering they state the blades are polished after applying the poison?
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26th September 2009, 03:39 PM | #2 |
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Hi Lew,
I have seen this before.....the extreme heat would destroy the toxins...so presumedly the 'addition' of the spider venom is purely symbolic. Regards David |
26th September 2009, 08:19 PM | #3 |
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They are certainly very dangerous to the spiders
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26th September 2009, 08:47 PM | #4 |
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the 'poisoning' is magical, not toxicological.
the spirit of the spider enters the blade and makes it more deadly. |
27th September 2009, 03:28 AM | #5 | |
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