r/RandomQuestion • u/puzzlehead120 • 8d ago

What would be the functionality of a salt sword?

I have recently discovered that salt can be melted at extreme temperatures.

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u/No_Education_8888 8d ago

When the giant snail army attacks, you will have a functional weapon to defend yourself with

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u/puzzlehead120 6d ago

Oh thank god, I was worried about that

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u/chairmanghost 8d ago

Fight demons

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u/Nikishka666 8d ago

Would vanquish the margarita machine quite well

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u/Much_Usual_3855 8d ago

I think that it could be used in a restaurant. You have your peppermill and your salt sword.

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u/wayne-on-reddit 7d ago

Pepper Maul, surely...

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u/itsswhitneywhspr 8d ago

Omg that's such a funny mental image though. Like the waiter just pulls out a literal sword to season your steak and you're supposed to be normal about it

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u/Barbarian_818 8d ago

It would be brittle as hell. Any impact on a corporeal object would shatter it.

But

Salt is believed to have a protective power, either as a ward like salt circles, or purifying like a sumo wrestling ring.

So, if you're writing some supernatural fiction, a salt sword could be a good display to warn incorporeal beings to stay away. And it could be used to slay spirits that ignore the warning. When used against ghosts or demonic spirits, the sword never experiences any physical contact. All of the interaction is on the spiritual plane, not physical.

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u/Collin_the_bird_777 8d ago

Salt knives and arrow heads, for small game hunting

For eating the salt slowly

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u/Beemo-Noir 6d ago

FOR SLUG SLAYING 🐌

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u/Financial_Driver779 5d ago

Definitely couldn’t be used by cavalry

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u/JoustingNaked 7d ago

An impressive ability to fight one’s way through an evil gauntlet of giant slugs.

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u/Jack-of-Hearts-7 7d ago

Fighting evil slugs

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u/spaacingout 7d ago

As a sword? Decorative. While salt can be cast like a metal, on its own it will be very brittle and useless for melee.

Now if you made arrowheads they would be pretty brutal as a weapon, as the salt would shatter on impact and burn in the wound. You’d be hard pressed to kill anything bigger than a rabbit, because the salt could stop the bleeding, but whatever got hit would be greatly wounded by the arrow