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| Topic Started: Jun 16 2010, 09:53 AM (2,020 Views) | |
| flightmarco | Jun 16 2010, 09:53 AM Post #1 |
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i know wolverine's claws are supposedly bones covered with adamantium but i was wondering if anyone can explain why wolverine's claws are razor sharp when covered with adamantium instead of being cylindrical with pointed edges..   i'm not sure if there's actually an explanation to it but if there's none, i'm thinking that a possible explanation would be that an overlooked step in the adamantium bonding is that they shave (for lack of a better term) the bone claws in order to make it sharp and thin so that when they bond it with the adamantium it bonds to a sharp thin bone claw. and since the adamantium is encasing the entire bone claw that pops out, the healing factor can't regenerate the shaved part. it was only regenerated when magneto sucked the adamantium out of wolverine and it was once again shaved by apocalypse when he rebonded the adamantium to wolverine. possible? 
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| Gorvar | Jun 16 2010, 10:00 AM Post #2 |
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I think so yeh, personally I think the artists would have a harder time re-designing the claw structure. |
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| flightmarco | Jun 16 2010, 11:22 AM Post #3 |
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if they made it cylindrical then i guess that would mean wolverine's claws would only be used for stabbing and would be useless for slashing..
Edited by flightmarco, Jun 16 2010, 11:22 AM.
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| Ahma | Jun 16 2010, 05:57 PM Post #4 |
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That`s an interesting observation! If they indeed altered the shape of the bone claws, they`d have to work <i>real</i> fast, before Wolvie naturally restored them. Hmm..interesting. So that means that they`re normally stabbing appendixes, which combined with applied force produce the slash (well, gouge, rather). They`s have to be made out of real strong bone in order to withstand said force. Meaning they could break through most things even as simple bone claws (e.g. wood)! |
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| Templedog | Jun 17 2010, 12:01 AM Post #5 |
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It is a pretty interesting idea that flightmarco came up with and it makes some sense the weapon x program modified the shape of the claws prior to applying the adamantum. From what I understand and have observed from animal claws only the tip is actually sharp and the slashing comes from the gouging of the claws being dragged across the target's surface. Actually I remember a panel that shows the scientists doing something to Logan's claws after the bonding. Could it be that Adamantium does not set immediately and takes a few hours to completely cure and harden after application? They could have sharpened the claws at this time. Edited by Templedog, Jun 18 2010, 01:37 PM.
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| PDA | Jun 17 2010, 12:30 PM Post #6 |
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The claws would have had to be honed into their blade-structure in some way while the adamantium was still maleable. After the metal "set" the bladelike claws would be permanently sharp. I agree that the scientists would have probably had to shape and sharpen the claws immediately after the bonding process. But, I've also wondered if later the claws also "self-honed" whenever retracted - this wouldn't seem to be applicable to adamantium, because once sharpened, they would never wear out or get dull, anyway. I have a surgical steel fish gutting knife that has a sheath lined with a whetstone-type substance, so that each time the knife is sheathed, it gets a sharpening stroke. When Logan retracts his claws, would the blades rasp against his adamantium bones, also acting as a whetstone? |
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| jrpbsp | Jun 17 2010, 02:44 PM Post #7 |
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Well initially they were not bone, in fact at first they were meant to be part of the costume so they could be whatever they designed. Second round, they were designed as weapons for Wolverine so they would obviously want to be as effective as possible. Now that they are bone, the same theory applies. Plus his claws, even in bone mode, were effective slashing weapons so they must taper at least somewhat. |
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| Templedog | Jun 17 2010, 06:52 PM Post #8 |
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I can agree with this. I am also pretty sure that the Weapon X scientists in some way modified the pathways that the claws emerge from. |
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| LoganActor | Jun 18 2010, 07:39 AM Post #9 |
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Could be. I've been reading the Wolverine: Weapon X novelization by Marc Cerasini (because I'm poor and can't get my hands on a copy of the graphic novel by Barry Windsor-Smith) and it came as a surprise to everyone at the facility that Logan had claws at all in the novel. It wasn't until he slaughtered a medical technician hours after the adamantium bonding process that they discovered them at all. Is it the same in the graphic novel? I know that Mr. Cerasini had to take some liberties and change some things to accommodate the format he was working with, but in such a case I'd imagine that the explanation would have to be some biological process on Logan's part rather than a change made by Weapon X. |
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| PDA | Jun 18 2010, 10:51 AM Post #10 |
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LoganActor - if you have not already done so, see DiG's chronology chapter "Adamantium" on the Wolverine Files site: http://www.wolverinefiles.com/015-adamantium/ It incorporates all the threads from various sources including BWS's terrific "Weapon X" saga as well as the Cerasini novel, and puts it all into context. I cannot praise DiG enough. In the BWS story, the participants in the project are unaware at first that Logan is a mutant, and the excess adamantium being injected into his body is observed to be pooling in the area of his hands and wrists.... weird. If you can, keep watching Amazon or other online book sites and check for used copies of the BWS TPB. Although it was reissued in a glossy new cover recently, there are previous compilations available that might be cheaper - just keep checking. It's worth your patience. |
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