Guest Euclid Posted October 16, 2002 Share Posted October 16, 2002 I know we have some of the strongest grip guys in the world on this board. I'm curious if any of you are interested in other feats of strength involving the hands. I know this doesn't involve strength, but why don't some of you try this yourselves if you want true hands of steel. I used to go to culinary school in Arizona and there was this baker who taught there who had the thickest fingers and meanest looking hands I've ever seen on a human being. He was about 6' 300# and the guy used to take hot pans out of a 450 degree oven or hotter with his bare hands and just hold them. His hands had no feeling in them! I've have yet to see a person come close to this. Another feat I witnessed involved a Shaolin monk who stuck his hands between 350# cast iron rollers. I guarantee if any of us tried this without proper training every bone in our hands would break. A world-class grip with hands who feel no pain-- then you have the true fists of fury! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RSW Posted October 16, 2002 Share Posted October 16, 2002 Euclid, Your hands lose sensitivity to heat if you keep exposing them to intense heat. Blacksmiths can't feel if something is hot unless it is practically glowing. This loss of feeling, however, does not mean that your hands are not being burned. Robert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathan Say Posted October 16, 2002 Share Posted October 16, 2002 If you touch something really hot (or really cold) but you're not in contact with it for very long, the heat doesn't have enough time to transfer. That's how people can pour liquid nitrogen & molten lead over their hands, because it just runs off right away. If you go up to your stove when it's hot you can put your hand on it for maybe a second before it will start to hurt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarBender Posted October 17, 2002 Share Posted October 17, 2002 Leidenfrost Effect Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathan Say Posted October 17, 2002 Share Posted October 17, 2002 The liquid nitrogen also floats on a cushion of air because it evaporates when it hits the skin, so it's not in direct contact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest danreeves Posted October 17, 2002 Share Posted October 17, 2002 As for the Shaolin monks, saw that on the Discovery Channel also. I think that the Shaolin are an excellent example of how far human endurance and strength levels can be pushed if one is solely dedicated to that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DavidHW Posted October 17, 2002 Share Posted October 17, 2002 Leidenfrost Effect, definitely. Slashdot just had a discussion on this, with a useful link here: http://www.phys.washington.edu/~cobden....say.pdf It goes without saying: DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME. :-) David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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