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Metal Used For Swords
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Metal Used for Swords
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Carbon Steel - this is simply the strongest stuff you can get and it doesn't come cheap.Thanks for asking ChaCha!
Damascus Steel I believe this is what they are looking for. It's the answer to the New York Times Sunday crossword puzzle clue. Kay Johnson-Dunedin, FL ANSWER: It depends on the sword in question. If you wan to buy a cheap-o, decoration swo...
Hello Elizabeth. This isn't really my area of expertise, it's more science than history (and I failed O level physics !) but swords in the 17th century were made of steel, which is iron with between 0.2% and 2% carbon. The higher the carb...
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Steel is the most common: STAINLESS STEEL: Basically, the only reason you ever want to buy a stainless steel sword is either if you want it to break in half and cut you really bad, or if you are smart and know that it is ONLY for display an...
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You are probably thinking of a type of steel called tamahagane ("jewel steel"). It's made from black sand. The tamahagane smelting process (extracting the steel from the sand) involves burning charcoal, which adds carbon to the st...
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Since titanium is almost impossible to hand forge and swords are almost always hand forged because the dies for forging material like titanium are incredibly expensive, the strongest material for a practical sword is laminated steel to give...
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The short answer is steel. However, the medieval era covers a long time and quite a large area. It ranges from "wootz" made in Sri Lanka (the so-called Damascus steel) to Norse pattern welded steel. Do you have a particular time...
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varios steel alloys of varios carbon levels.
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Depends, guess you could really make it out of anything you want. But most probably Iron.
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