![]() ![]() Respected manufacturers that have a solid reputation for using good quality steel and doing a thorough heat treatment. It's practices like this that makes it all the more important to buy yourīattle ready sword from reputable dealers made by well known and Off buying a stainless steel wall hanger sword like object! Technically, I'd say that the people selling them figure these swordsĬan be described as battle ready because they are made from HighĬarbon Steel, but for all practical purposes, you might even be better Which are described as High Carbon Steel but because they have notīeen properly heat treated, they are as soft as butter! In fact, I've seen some so called battle ready swords from Pakistan This can sometimes be an indication that it hasn't been heat treated properly at all ! Some businesses or websites boast about the quality of the steel butĭon't mention how or if the sword was heat treated. Harder than the back of the sword) should have an edge of HRC58-60 and a In general, European style swords should have a HRC of 45-50.ĭifferentially tempered Japanese swords (meaning the cutting edge is For a sword to beįunctional, it needs to be properly heat treated.Ī swords relative hardness is measured by a number the Hardness Rockwell Cone (HRC). Necessarily guarantee that it is battle ready. ![]() Steels and others - however the AISI 10xx and 5160 are the most common.įor more detailed information on the different types of steels swordsĪre constructed from, check out this article Sword Steels 101.Īnyway, just because a sword is made from Carbon Steel doesn't There are several other types of Carbon Steels, Spring Steels, Tool Style swords in particular) this steel alloy has a low (0.7%) ChromiumĪnd Silicon (0.2%) Silicon content making these swords tough, durableĪnd slightly more resistant to corrosion than the AISI 10xx. To be one of the best materials for swords in general (and European
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