While the fixed-blade broadhead keeps its blades rigid and unmovable on the broadhead at all times, the mechanical broadhead deploys its blades upon contact with the target, its blades swinging out to wound the target.

Instead of cutting, long swords were then used more to thrust against opponents in plate armour, requiring a more acute point and a more rigid blade.

Swords began to favour rigidity over flexibility as more rigid blades allowed for the stronger thrusts that were used to pierce armour.

"Touch me," he ordered huskily, forcing her palm against the rigid blade of his aroused manhood, making her feel his naked maleness.

All the other spatulas we have seen have rigid blades.

In 1950, it was fitted with rigid blades and an efficient simple custom-designed resonant vibration eliminator, similar to later Sikorsky designs.

This has been regarded by some fencers as an unacceptable departure from the tradition of realistic combat, where only rigid blades would be used, while others feel that the flick adds to the variety of possible attacks and targets, thereby expanding the game of foil.

One with a plastic handle or bolstered rosewood with a rigid 25 mm wide blade is to be recommended.

Gillette's Sensor has a rigid blade suspended on tiny springs to bring about the same result.

When shopping for a flat-blade snow shovel, look for a model costing $8 to $15 with a rigid blade stiffened with upturned sides and back that rise about an inch.