Comments by "Lockpicking Blacksmith" (@Lockpickingblacksmith) on "Business Insider" channel.

A lot of that is the particular heat treating process. Any sword not made by one of the Japanese masters or their apprentices is only katana shaped. Much like champagne comes from Champagne France, and the rest is just sparkling white wine.
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@user-xr4fw1se9q It's a combination of both. Frankly, Japanese Katana, Wakizashi, Tanto... they're like old champagne. Everything else is just sparkling white wine and it's just indescribably better somehow, compared to modern katana made by non Japanese trained smiths.
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@rickool07 danke. I'm working on one myself actually. Videos like this are great inspiration.
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@chroma6947 Well, you clearly don't know shit about swords AND you're picking an argument I didn't make, although I understand the mistake. I never said a katana or anything else is better than a long sword. Second, *being a bladesmith myself*, I know that, historically, long swords were made of 'steel' specific recipes of steel weren't reliable or standardized. Whether or not a sword returns to it's original shape upon bending (which is what properly made swords and springs do) is based upon the heat treatment. Which is more effective in combat is based entirely on the practitioner. You may apologise for your foolishness now.
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@chroma6947 I don't care if you're talking about 500 years ago or not, although that would make sense since that's right in the middle of when these weapons were used in combat. What makes you think a long sword has a superior edge alignment? Any properly made sword will instantly communicate where that edge is. Katana's thrust just fine. As do all saber shaped swords. You said 'it's made of spring steel so no bending'. ALL swords bend. Good swords return to straight after bending. It doesn't have to be made from 'spring steel' which is a very generic term, it just has to be heat treated properly. Modern swords are made from a few dozen different monosteels, CPM steels, tamahagane, pattern welded steels... none of them stay bent when properly heat treated. I don't understand what made you think katana's are likely or even more likely to stay bent.
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@chroma6947 😂😂 i edited it for typos, and I'm still right.
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@JB-rl8ki Any sword used in combat will eventually need replacement. They require sharpening. If they hit another sword/shield/armor they'll take damage. It's really irrelevant how high the quality is, it's just a fact. What some people are missing is that '18 months' includes the time to make the steel and heat treat it. Each one might take 18 months start to finish, but they'd have dozens in progress all at once. The pieces that took the longest were more about the art than functionality. I hope this helps.
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@xan6990 yeah... anyone can wrote something in a book. It doesn't make it true. Your faith is a rip off my of my faith. My gods watched over us 10 000 years before "christ" suddenly appeared.
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It has more than two layers.
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For Army swords? Yes. For a knight's sword? Hell no. You're still looking at at least solid month, and likely more like 6 months to a year for a real sword. You forget, these are the quality swords made for samurai and lords.
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@TreyeParker stainless steel is terrible for swords, that's why real combat swords need to be oiled. Source - am a bladesmith.
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@Mass Debater that can be said for almost everything. You gonna tell me you ONLY buy necessities?
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