2012年3月11日 · A double edged sword hurts the user and the victim, even though more realistically it should be a double-ended sword. "Everything is a double-edged sword. Nothing isn’t a double edged sword. Even a single-edged sword is a double-edged sword. Because you can cut something with it, but the other end is kind of flat and doesn’t really cut well.

A double edged sword, or a situation in which the knife cuts on both sides, is not a situation that can go good or bad. It is a situation in which the taken action has several effects at once. If the effects are positive, another way of saying it is that the proposed action can kill …

The expression "doubled-edged sword" has been in use for millennia, but I came across it first in the Bible (Hebrews 4:12) where we read "For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart."

2011年11月7日 · The double edge was there to aid in clean penetration. I never used that knife for any kind of utilitarian task. It looked a bit like a cinquedea short sword. On certain machetes and other tools like FortyTwoBlades already pointed out, a partial double edge can be advantageous. For EDC, I'd rather have single edge blades.

2016年9月6日 · a double-edged/two-edged sword - a situation with as many bad qualities or effects as good ones; work both ways - if something such as a particular situation or type of behavior works both ways, it has equal advantages and disadvantages for everyone it involves; cut both ways - if something cuts both ways, it has both good and bad aspects

1999年2月4日 · Fenris is correct, my understanding is that in NYC any double edged knife is considered a dagger and therefore illegal. NYC has a list of many illegal items. daggers,dirks, stilletos (although I guess nobody at court has a Websters stilletos are daggers), sword canes, tonfa, nunchaku, ice picks, shuriken, and on and on.

2000年2月7日 · The false edged Gerber Combat/Coverts, however, can be made into a double edged knife. - Although we dont want to have the law breathing down the backs of knife companies anymore than they do, another reason for the false edge could be for knife companies to make as close as a double edged knife as legally possible.

2000年8月8日 · * the reference to claymore of course meaning basket hilt, while the actual claymore was the Scottish two hand great sword. "...the German spadroon was a regular double edged sword, but any light back or shearing sword was so called in English. Best regards, Jim

2008年9月8日 · While the OP may be mistaken about a swedge vs a false edge, I'm quite certain that a False Edge is not sharp. Otherwise it would be just an 'edge'-as in, double edged. A false edge is the area on the back of a fighter that isnt sharp but can be made sharp. I've seen a pocket knive's with false edges, specifically butterflies (a folder) and OTF's.

2011年8月17日 · It is analogous to the expressions "between the devil and the deep blue sea," "between a rock and a hard place," or, as those in the Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking world say, "Between a cross and a sword." This is the opposite of the Buridan's Ass.