Can You Actually Slide Down A Ship's Sail With A Knife? | MythBusters

Tory suits up in chain mail, goggles, and a football helmet — because safety first, even on a pirate ship — and attempts to recreate the iconic Hollywood move where a pirate drives a knife into a sail and rides it all the way down to the deck, while Kari and Grant figure out whether rum actually works as a laundry detergent by testing it against blood and tar stains alongside period soap, modern detergent, and — because MythBusters — stale urine, and the results on both ends are messier, funnier, and more scientifically interesting than any pirate movie ever bothered to make them — this is the Build Team at their absolute best: physically committed, gleefully disgusting, and completely in their element. Subscribe so you never miss an experiment:    / @mythbusterstvshow   Using science as their weapon and curiosity as their fuel, Hollywood special effects experts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman spent 14 seasons and 296 episodes testing the world's most popular myths, urban legends, and movie moments. From the Diet Coke & Mentos explosion to surviving an underwater car escape — if it can be tested, they'll test it. #MythBusters #AdamSavage #ScienceExperiments