DD666@lemmy.world to Anime@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoThe Folding of Japanese Swords: Turning "Crap Materials" into Masterpieceslemmy.worldimagemessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up1121arrow-down17
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minus-squareolorin99@artemis.camplinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoCool, so different smithing techniques wouldn’t make much of a difference. It comes down to weight and thickness etc.
minus-squareMaestro@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoNo, like the original poster says, the fancy Japanese folding technique is just a way to make a decent blade from shitty impure steel. Once that is done, you have better steel. That’s all it does.
Cool, so different smithing techniques wouldn’t make much of a difference. It comes down to weight and thickness etc.
No, like the original poster says, the fancy Japanese folding technique is just a way to make a decent blade from shitty impure steel. Once that is done, you have better steel. That’s all it does.