Sling blade

==In popular culture==

==In popular culture==

*In the film ''[[Sling Blade]]'', Karl Childers ([[Billy Bob Thornton]]), the main character, recounts an incident from his childhood in which he killed his mother and her paramour with this tool. Childers describes it as, "Some folks call it a kaiser blade, I call it a sling blade. It's kinda got a long wooden handle, kind of like an axe handle. With a long blade on it shaped kinda like a [[banana|bananer]]. Mhm. Sharp on one edge, and dull on the other. Mhm. It's what the highway boys use to cut down weeds and whatnot."<ref>

*In the film ''[[Sling Blade]]'', Karl Childers ([[Billy Bob Thornton]]), the main character, recounts an incident from his childhood in which he killed his mother and her paramour with this tool. Childers describes it as, "Some folks call it a sling blade, I call it a kaiser blade. It's kinda got a long wooden handle, kind of like an axe handle. With a long blade on it shaped kinda like a [[banana|bananer]]. Mhm. Sharp on one edge, and dull on the other. Mhm. It's what the highway boys use to cut down weeds and whatnot."<ref>

[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117666/quotes "Sling Blade: Quotes"] at [[IMDb.com]]</ref>

[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117666/quotes "Sling Blade: Quotes"] at [[IMDb.com]]</ref>

*In the novel ''[[Red Rising]]'', Helldivers are equipped with sickle-like weapons called slingBlades, crude cutting weapons intended to sever the Helldiver's limbs if they are caught in machinery. The protagonist, Darrow, later acquires a slingBlade during the course of a war game. After breaking the rules of the game and attacking the Proctors, he gains popularity as "The Reaper", with the slingBlade acting as his sigil. While the term "slingBlade" is utilized throughout the novel and series, promotional materials show a blade more similar to a traditional sickle blade with a handle for single hand use or a blade shaped like an egyptian khopesh rather than a sling blade.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://blogs.seacoastonline.com/seacoast-nh-books/2013/12/27/red-rising-by-pierce-brown-book-review/|title=Red Rising by Pierce Brown Book Review|website=blogs.seacoastonline.com|access-date=2016-06-27}}</ref>

*In the novel ''[[Red Rising]]'', Helldivers are equipped with sickle-like weapons called slingBlades, crude cutting weapons intended to sever the Helldiver's limbs if they are caught in machinery. The protagonist, Darrow, later acquires a slingBlade during the course of a war game. After breaking the rules of the game and attacking the Proctors, he gains popularity as "The Reaper", with the slingBlade acting as his sigil. While the term "slingBlade" is utilized throughout the novel and series, promotional materials show a blade more similar to a traditional sickle blade with a handle for single hand use or a blade shaped like an egyptian khopesh rather than a sling blade.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://blogs.seacoastonline.com/seacoast-nh-books/2013/12/27/red-rising-by-pierce-brown-book-review/|title=Red Rising by Pierce Brown Book Review|website=blogs.seacoastonline.com|access-date=2016-06-27}}</ref>