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1095 Carbon Steel Katana

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Uploaded by on Nov 9, 2010

Just received the Katana I ordered last month. It is handmade using traditional methods in an oak furnace. The steel is derived from Japanese black sand.
Folded 12 times.
2^12=4 096 individual layers.
This is a birthday present for my friend.

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  • a real katana is made from 2% carbon steel. 1095 steel is .95% carbon. 1095 is regardedly hard, polishes quite well, but still big difference compared to tamahagane in the luster and edge retention. and I'm sure you've figured out that is just a plastic wrap on the handle lol ^_^v

  • @graphixkillzzz

    It was a gift for someone so I didn't remove it :)

  • It is a fuller not a "blood groove"! jeez

  • @shadtek

    Well I apologize for not knowing that. Obviously you are a better person than me.

  • How can you tell if a katana is carbon steel?

  • @552joker

    You get your swordsmith to certify the material for you. You can also just swing it against something and if it snaps then it's steel lol. Otherwise there's not really anyway you can tell what grade or even if it is carbon steel. Theres few indicators like how brittle it is and how sharp you can get it. But not very easy to test.

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  • @Disinf3ctant ...wow really... your extremely picky with steel, 1095 is also harder, which means it's sharper, besides, how durable does a sword need to be? This is 21st century, people wear jean's and maybe thick leather jackets at most, 1095 is better then 440 b stainless steel, that's for sure!

  • Folded 12 times haha.

  • nice

  • ICHIGOS SWORDDDDDDD

  • @Disinf3ctant Damn okay lol, I was just asking because my sister gave me a katana that she got from a friend, and idk what it's made out of lol, and I am not going to risk it breaking.

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