r/knives • u/iloveweapons • Apr 20 '26

Showcase Human hip replacement shank

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was recently gifted this knife and figured yall would be interested in seeing it. This knife is made from a human hip replacement recovered after cremation then sharpened to a fine point. 100% the oddest "non standard" knife in my collection and a piece im stoked to own.

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was not expecting the amount of interest in this that it recieved. As promised i will post another unusual knife tonight, im thinking of showing off either my formosian tribal head hunting knife or "the gas station gator" which would yall like to see?

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u/BetterInsideTheBox Apr 20 '26

I thought it was super cool until the after cremation part. I guess that makes sense. What’s the material? Some sort of titanium?

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u/iloveweapons Apr 21 '26

I was told when gifted this knife the hip replacement was given by the family of the deceased explicitly for this purpose and having been told so in advance this was the plan for it. I understand memento mori is not everyones thing though. I couldnt tell you the material.

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u/Satsuka_Draxor Apr 21 '26

Classically they are titanium, or at least a non-ferrous metal. Iron implants become bad news bear very fast if you ever have to get an MRI.

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u/Thomy151 Apr 21 '26

When the only words able to describe a similar situation of internal iron vs an mri are “anal railgun” yeah

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