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Post by Deleted on Sept 30, 2008 7:08:52 GMT
There were some tanto awhile ago which were made from the main gun steel of the decommissioned Imperial Battleship Mikasa. It was taken out of commission in 1921, and was damaged by allied raids during WWII. Countries around the world participated in the restoration of the old ship which is now a museum. Before those efforts were made, large parts of her were scrapped or salvaged for other uses. Here's a link to one of them, i had a much better reference page bookmarked, but i seem to have lost it during my last PC restore. Mikasa Tanto - Cannon Steel"]http://www.japanesesword.com/Images/Swords/06/1206/1206tanto2/gendai_tanto_made_from_the_steel.htm]Mikasa Tanto - Cannon SteelOn the subject of carbon fibers and other advanced polymers being used for swords, i really don't see that ever catching on at any point. Steel will always be the material which is best in the construction of swords. But who knows,... I'm sure 300 years ago people would have laughed at the idea of everyone riding around in "motorized carriages" with air conditioning, MP3 players, and satellite navigation systems...
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Post by Deleted on Sept 30, 2008 12:00:05 GMT
There were a bunch of knives made from the steel of decommissioned german battle tanks, steel is just an excellent material and until someone works out how to make diamond swords, steel will continue to be best.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 1, 2008 10:59:24 GMT
yeah there still are some variations in a german manufacture today. The Steel is mainly called "Leo 1/2/3..." The steel is made of the gun metall from the Leopard tanks. A more modern variation is the Euro-Fighter steel, also made of gun material.
There is one smith that is commonly known in Germany called Markus Ballbach, who perfected the use of these steels and invented another variation, the Balbach-Damast. This steel is folded out of several different steels, which do not mix! So folded 1095 and 1080 won´t give simply 1070 anymore, but you will have layer after layer. I don´t know much about this steel, but a friend of mine has bought a Spatha made of this, and he bent it for nearly 300-360degrees, and it got back to straight right away. But damn, this stuff is expensive. This would be one of the materials I think can be superior to monosteel.
That´s the point I wanted to make: Steel is not just one material. It´s billions of possibilities.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 1, 2008 11:09:33 GMT
we haven't even scratched the surface on what steel can do or what it can become.
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