Talk:Skana/@comment-216.134.164.232-20130913214102/@comment-86.140.61.2-20140417081231

All of you are making me absolutely ill... Katana's are not inherintly sharp. The sharpness comes down to how well you sharpen a metal. Better steel means better edge retention, which results in the blade not dulling as fast.

There is nothing special about the Katana. And to Gewoon, you should know that "unique way" doesn't mean it's good. The idea was that they used this really, really poor metal called, "Tamahagane" steel and as the guy above me mentioned: it was regarded as "pig steel" by European smiths. The idea behind folding the steel was so that the blade would have adiquate hardness in order to actually be able to have some edge-retension, which also resulted in a very brittle blade.

Also, the whole idea of "cutting through multiple people" is simply not going to happen with any sword. This is because when you strike into someone, you release all the built up force into them and so the force stops and you have to withdraw, so you can't cut through more than one person.

What the Katana does have is curvature, which offers more cutting power, but not better sharpness.