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{{quote|Claws make no noise as they slide out, but they ought to. They ought to make a noise like "tzing".|''[[Discworld/Witches Abroad|Witches Abroad]]''}}

When weapons with [[Absurdly Sharp Blade|sharp and cutting edges]] are brandished or unsheathed, a vaguely metallic sound effect will be inserted (along with a bit of [[Lens Flare]]) to signify just how lethally sharp the weapon is.

* A Zoosk dating site advert in the UK had audible sharpness with a loaf of french bread. Yes, it was as stupid as it sounds.

* ''[[Triangle Heart 3 ～sweet songs forever～]]'' (better known as "the one ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha|Nanoha]]'' [[Spin-Off|spun off]] from") used this with Kyouya's and Miyuki's swords.

* In the ''[[Hellsing]]'' [[OVA|OVAs]]s, Alexander Anderson's blessed bayonets do this, particularly during his first fight with Alucard. Of course, [[OVA|OVAs]]s being [[OVA|OVAs]]s, a lot of stylistic effects were added just for [[Rule of Cool]].

* Shiki's knives in ''[[KaranoKara no Kyoukai:|Kara no Kyoukai]]'' have a tendency to clack when moved, despite the fact that they don't seem to have any moving parts (they're knives, after all).

* Saya's sword in ''[[Blood Plus+]]'' becomes audible when she [[Bloody Murder|loads it with her blood]]

* ''Hellboy 2: The Golden Army''. The Big Bad's sword does this all the time. Of course, it is very explicit that the sword is deeply magical, which only raises the question of why he spent mojo to make it audibly sharp. I guess the Rule of Cool trumps the need for surprise.

* Done to excess in the animated film adaptation of ''[[KaranoKara no Kyoukai:|Kara no Kyoukai]]'': in the first movie, the protagonist slowly and dramatically drawing her knife sounds more like an iron bar sliding out of a metal case (ie. a sound effect generally reserved for broadswords). Just the mere act of sunlight reflecting off its tip seems to cause a loud "ting!". It's just that sharp.

* The swords used in ''[[Underworld Awakening]]'' are like this.

* The big ol' knife in ''[[Misery]]'' is audibly sharp. Okay -- butOkay—but it's being drawn from a cloth sling.

* In the movie version of ''[[The HitchhikersHitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy (film)|The Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy]]'', Ford's towel produces this when pulled out in the scene where they meet Marvin for the first time.

* The old Chinese movie ''Seven Swords'' has swords that ring all the time, apparently to prove they're good.

* Taken [[Up to Eleven]] in the fight scene in the Merovingian's chateau in the second ''[[The Matrix|Matrix]]'' movie. Any time one of them so much as ''nudged'' a bladed weapon, you could hear it.

* In ''[[Star Trek (film)|Star Trek]]'', there's not one, but three "shing"s when Sulu unsheathes his collapsible katana.

* The French horror movie ''[[High Tension]]'' features a knife that happily tzinks without any corresponding action to which the sound can be attributed - it's sharp, so it makes a noise.

* In the 1984 Icelandic movie ''[[When The Raven Flies]]'', the protagonist kills a whole lot of people using his extremely audibly sharp throwing knives. They are in fact so sharp that they even produce the distinctive "sssschhiiing" when being pulled from the flesh of a dead body!

* Terry Pratchett's ''[[Discworld]]'' novels reference this a few times, featuring a joke that if light could make a noise, it would go "ting" when reflected off the blade of a sword flourished at dramatically appropriate times. In the first ''Discworld'' [[Adventure Game]], one quest that must be performed is getting a sword "tuned" to do this effect (a sword that goes "ting"). Death's supernaturally sharp scythe is sometimes described as making a noise like "ripping velvet", and in one scene in ''[[Discworld/Reaper Man|Reaper Man]]'' can be used to cut soundwaves. The scythe also has visible sharpness; the edge glows a faint blue, sometimes said to be from atoms splitting against it.

* ''[[Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney]]'' likes to do this metaphorically from time to time, especially before cross-examinations, with the two lawyers' eyes lowered at one another, [[Speed Stripes]] in the background, as [[Audible Sharpness]] indicates the "battle of wits".

* Actually a plot point in the [[Lucas ArtsLucasArts]] game ''Loom''. Your character is a magician who uses musical spells; one of the ones you have to learn is the sound of sharpness, made by a huge, sharp blade, which you later play backwards to blunt a sword (granted, lots of other objects play such tunes when you observe them).

* Most, if not all sword-carrying units in ''[[Civilization IV]]'' do an [[Audible Sharpness]] sound when ordered to fortify. Particularly odd as the weapons are ''always out in the open.''

* In ''[[Super Smash Bros|Super Smash Bros.]] Brawl'' (and probably the others) a few characters have their swords shine. The example below justifies it for Link at least.

* Funnily enough, bladed weapons in [[Midatake High]] don't make any noise at all when being picked up or equipped. The only noise any weapon makes is when it hits something, and the sound for a bladed weapon sounds distinctively fleshy, since the only time you swing your blade is when you're stabbing someone -- notsomeone—not a metallic sound.

* Done fairly loudly to emphasize the [[Darker and Edgier]]-ness of ''[[Prince of Persia]]: Warrior Within''--but—but there's that one level [[Special Effects Failure|where he's wielding a stick]]...that's gotta be one ''sharp'' stick.

** The former sound is justified, since the blade is attached on a rather complex mechanical device that springs it out; it's remarkable that it doesn't make more sound, actually.

** An interesting example happens in "Return of the Elements of Harmony part 2," Discord drinks the glass of chocolate milk. Not the milk, he drank the GLASS. The sound of it going down his throat sounded very glassy... {{spoiler|Of course Discord threw the milk away, which then exploded, so most of what he does intentionally doesn't make sense}}.

* In the [[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy]] episode I Am Curious Ed, Edd is dressed as a giant bee, stinger and all. The stinger makes a "ting* noise [[Beware the Nice Ones|right before he decides to stab Eddy in the butt with it.]]

* An unusual variant in ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court]]'', where {{spoiler|the edge of the Coyote Tooth ''laughs''}}.

** Among true sword enthusiasts, having a sword do this when it's drawn from its scabbard is a ''bad thing'' -- the—the ringing noise is the sound of the blade's edge grinding against a metal scabbard collar that has not been built correctly, and it has the effect of dulling the blade, often after only a few times of doing this.

* Hollow-ground straight-razors will produce this sound (faintly) if lifted off the strop just right.

* You will inevitably hear this sound if you're figure skating. The time that the sound is best heard is when your skates are newly sharpened and you're doing either a scratch spin or a back scratch spin. It's sort of a pleasant [[Audible Sharpness]], actually.

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