Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-25396609-20150517000450/@comment-25396609-20150518230558

Holstered would just be the shape of a baton...

A whip is effective partially due to the mass of the cord, a thin wire or string (even with a heavy ball at th etip) would do poorly as a whip because of this, and would function more as bolas because it is TOO flexible, not to mention 20 inches is less than 2 feet, less than an arms length.

Have you ever SEEN a compound bow? they are almost always made of metal. the pulleys act to bend the arms, with the combination of a stronger pull and amplified force from the pulleys serving to drastically increse the range and force of the arrow.

Putting corners on a bow would just make it look jagged and interfere with the draw, making it less powerful.

DO I really need to explain why switchblade=arrow is such an aggresively terrible idea? Also, why iron? why not steel, or tungsten? Hell, ceramic knives/arrowheads would be AWESOME because of the futuristic type of setting, not to mention they are lighter than most metal, hold an edge better, etc. if they shatter, you just mold some more, you could also infuse dust into a ceramic arrowhead. designing ceramic arrowheads means they could speciifically shatter on impact, meaing the enemy can't use them AND you achieve a mild shutgoun-lke effect, which could be amplified by infusing the tip with dust to make it explode/freeze/ignite on impact.

all that said, WEAPON FAIL!

Come on, dude, you can do better than that.