Gaen (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Imitation of inferior quality.

logicaltk (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

This isn't Japanese sword.imitation.

FunctionalSwordsOnly (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

you can get the same quality or better from Brandon Sword for much less

oilwall (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

sorry, read the two comments below in reverse order. My bad.

oilwall (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

tempred by carefully heating the heating the steel to a lower temperature, and quenching again. This changes some atoms back to the slighter less hard, but stronger and more malleable state they were in previeusly. The clay on japanese-style swords is applied along the back, slowing down the rate of cooling on the spine of the blade, so that steel will cool to the stronger crystalline form, while the edge remains very hard, resulting in a very strong but hard blade.lecture over :P

oilwall (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I love the amateur mettalurgists club feud happening down there Steels are hardened by heated them above critical (gnerally a bright red/1550* roughly) and quenching in oil, water or other quenchant. without going into too much detail, this 'freezes' the atoms in the steel in the crystalloine structure they form at that temeprature, so When cooled, the steel Is very hard and brittle. The steel is then

xelavenger13 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

You're making me laugh ^_^....making a real katana will take about at least 6 to 12 months depending on the quality of the blade. Besides the blade of a katana isn't bent at the middle of the forging process, the bend is made by the special clay they put on the blade. Less clay or a lighter type of clay is put on the blade for easier sharpening and a heavier clay is put on the reverse edge to give it strength for blocking opponent's attacks.... JEEZ...

mizututi (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

This is an imitation.

JonaBoy16 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

would be better if there were some kind of voice over telling me about the process

eris4angel (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

where i can see forging the real katana..i'd like to see how they work..thank u