You actually can silk touch it again. They however removed ice bocks melting into water sources in the nether.
I have stopped using water buckets in favor of ice for the most part (caving being an exception) in vanilla
Silk touch on a Axe?
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I have stopped using water buckets in favor of ice for the most part (caving being an exception) in vanilla
In meantime there was always oil. However in upcoming update I wouldn't recommend using it in nether.
Similarly, Fortune on an axe is just as useless I believe, if not even more so. It might increase your chances of getting a sapling when using it to break leaves (on vanilla trees at least), but I haven't seen evidence to support that anywhere. Personally, if I had to choose between the two I'd go with Silk Touch, just so I can pick up bookshelves and get leaf blocks without having to use shears (which have terrible durability).
Yeah, the first (and only) shovel I ever enchanted with level 30 instantly got Fortune 3 on it. Sooo awesome right? 
But then again, the enchanting table in that world is actively trolling me and my mate anyway. Ever gotten only a single enchant from a level 30 try? This one managed. On a pickaxe of the core, no less, which has almost as good enchantability as gold. But noo, we got Efficiency III and nothing else.
Or Feather Fall IV on a book.
Or not a single appearance of Repair, ever, not once in the entire history of the world.
But then again, the enchanting table in that world is actively trolling me and my mate anyway. Ever gotten only a single enchant from a level 30 try? This one managed. On a pickaxe of the core, no less, which has almost as good enchantability as gold. But noo, we got Efficiency III and nothing else.
Or Feather Fall IV on a book.
Or not a single appearance of Repair, ever, not once in the entire history of the world.
enchanting plus mod fixes those idiotic problems... It allows you to pick the actual enchantment on the item you are enchanting
You playing on a super-old version or something? They fixed silk touch on ice (which was actually a glitch, mind you) in like 1.3-1.4 or even 1.2, and they fixed water in the nether by simply making it evaporate.
Can't you just use bucket of oil in the nether? I'm pretty sure it will make obsidian and not evaporate.
I just imagined you getting ice in the nether then rolling on the floor laughing gleefully while the nether gets destroyed.
From what I heard, in 1.4, they added it back in, with the complication that Ice in the Nether, when it melts, just evaporates and doesn't leave Water.
Reminds me of a discussion I had with someone in my woodshop class where it looked like the teacher was about to cut an apple on a bandsaw...
Would've been hilarious, in hindsight.
Irrelevant, a mod such as Enchanting+, NEI, or possibly Thaumcraft Books with an Anvil allow enchanting of those.
Oh right, I forgot about giant mushrooms. At least it has SOME use then, even if mushrooms are not really useful for much.
Shears.
I don't know exactly what the reason is, but shears only take durability damage when used on things they are meant to be used on. In other words, leaves and shearing sheep pretty much. That means you can use silk touch shears on glass and glowstone (since both break easily) and the shears will never take damage. Add Efficiency IV/V on them as well, and they'll be as fast as a pickaxe. Some may find this a bit cheaty though.