2006-12-02 18:31:16 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Games & Recreation ➔ Hobbies & Crafts
The steel of the blade is heated, folded and beaten -- over and over -- until the blade is formed by 32,768 layers, forge-welded to one another. Each layer is a hundred thousandth of an inch thick. All this is done to extremely accurate standards of heat treatment. The result is an obsidian-hard blade with willow-like flexibility. For a more lengthy answer:
2006-12-02 18:45:14 · answer #1 · answered by Custo Dian 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need the right steel and technique. It takes many years to learn to make a Samurai sword, that is any good. See if you can find the book The Samurai Sword by John M. Yumoto the one I have is the 10th printing 1972, by the Charles E. Tuttle Co. Rutland Vermont and Tokyo Japan. It is not an easy project to do. Good luck.
2006-12-03 06:45:53 · answer #2 · answered by Taiping 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A Katana? Those you forge out of steel:
http://victorian.fortunecity.com/duchamp/410/katana.html
2006-12-02 18:39:35 · answer #3 · answered by Gray Fox 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋