Talk:Sling blade

Edited for copy edit
I heavily edited this article, per the tag requesting it be copy edited. Hopefully it is up to standards by now. I also changed the statement of one edge being blunt and the other sharp to both edges being kept sharp. I have one in my garage, and both sides are sharp. Also, my parents have one, both edges of which are sharp. Ther article still needs to be expanded, perhaps adding some of the history of it's use as a tool, origins, etc. --TheMightyGrecian 08:38, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

Copyedit looks great to me, as the original tagger. Much more Wiki! Skybright Daye 12:14, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

I've also heard kaiser blades called "idiot sticks." --Theloonieonthegrass (talk) 18:32, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
 * They are indeed, due the the type of person who used them back in the day of un-automated land clearing (inmates).--74.241.119.114 (talk) 23:04, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

"Some folks call it a sling blade"
I've taken out, twice now, use in the lead of "some folks call it a sling blade," which is the expression used in the movie of the same name. Hate to be humorless about it, but there is one reference in the article to the movie and another, sly reference is not needed.--Stetsonharry (talk) 14:14, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Usually i would revert such a post as vandalism but i fail to see it's degradation of the article. the referencing of the sling blade movie, while using weasel words is technically correct and also adds an extra level of significance. There is no wiki guidline that bans the use of humor in articles and the enthusiasm by users for the expression seems harmless and for the most part positive. if anything, it maybe beneficial to directly quote the movie as a reference for alternate name usage. Some thing (talk) 22:42, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

Use as a Zombie-slaying implement
This looks like it would be good to kill zombies with. Is this noteworthy? I'd hate to see a zombie epidemic arise and the world be left without this information. 69.133.45.233 (talk) 04:23, 5 July 2009 (UTC)
 * No. And it's original research, too. Mintrick (talk) 16:11, 5 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Not to mention messy. Stetsonharry (talk) 22:15, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

Origin of name
What is the significance of the term "Kaiser"? Does it bear some resemblance to historical or ceremonial arms associated with the Kaisers of Germany? Mmmm hmmm. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.82.215.31 (talk) 05:15, 16 October 2010 (UTC)


 * That is a good question. Maybe it does have something to do with a German Kaiser (Emperor), or maybe the inventor was a man with the German surname "Kaiser". Does anyone know more? 91.65.17.7 (talk) 20:21, 19 October 2011 (UTC)


 * I'm pretty sure the name "Kaiser" came from the manufacturer who made high quality ones back in the day. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.160.220.108 (talk) 00:05, 5 December 2011 (UTC)


 * I would really like to know more about the German or German American manufacturer with the surname "Kaiser". Who can help?91.66.9.24 (talk) 17:44, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

Merge with brush hook
A brush hook is the exact same thing, and by far the more usual name. If I Google "brush hook", I get 67,300 hits, while "kaiser blade" gets 30,800. However, it's worse than that: of the first 20 links for "brush hook", one is the Wikipedia article, 4 are about a place of the same name, and every other one is either a serious discussion of the tool or a manufacturer advertising it for sale. Whereas of the first 20 links for "kaiser blade", most are automated copies of this article, discussions about the movie, or game content inspired by the movie. Only 3 are actually discussing the tool, and of those: -- 202.63.39.58 (talk) 21:01, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
 * one is a question from a newbie;
 * one is a long discussion where it is pointed out that "kaiser blade" is an unusual name for it and it is more usually called a brush hook or ditch bank blade, and also opining that a "sling blade" is a completely different, unrelated tool and the movie got it wrong;
 * one is the memoires of an old line surveyor, who happened to once kill a snake with one. He notes that he actually calls it a ditch bank blade, that the term "kaiser blade" was rare but popularized by the movie, and, once again, opines that the Billy Bob's "sling blade" equivalence in the movie is completely wrong AND
 * not a single one is a manufacturer using the name; in fact you have to get down to the 37th link before you find a manufacturer using the term.

Sling Blade
Sling blade sometimes also called a grass whip. 75.155.26.108 (talk) 05:28, 5 September 2019 (UTC)