

"Traditional Blades Cut With Minimal Effort while Contemporary Katana have an emphasis on toughness and durability" But many prefer one style over the other - so here is a quick and dirty guide to the advantages and disadvantages of each type so you can figure out where you should be focusing your search. Most serious collectors of Japanese swords have at least one of each broad type of Katana in their collection. Advantages and Disadvantages of the two Types The same as differential hardening - to make the edge harder and the Usually also differentially hardened, with the end result of lamination is Of differentiation is the hamon (after all, folding does nothing to improve the quality of a blade made from modern crucible steel, and a laminated blade is

Have been folded and swords that have been laminated, but the main point True enough,there are sub types - such as swords that Level of hardness all the way through (monotempered or through it was not clayed or differentially hardened but it is the same The second type of sword is the contemporary one that has been monotempered Here to bust the myth that folding a Katana actually makes it stronger That are folded are actually WORSE off than if they were not. There are basically two factors that separate the two main types of authentic Katana currently on the market.Ī traditional sword has been differentially hardened - that is to say that the edge of the sword is much harder than the spine, and this is done by applying a special clay treatment and quenching the blade so that the spine cools much slower than the edge.Ī folded sword does nothing to improve the quality of the blade - theseĭays it is just a cosmetic feature (actually, most swords under $500 Differences between the two main types of authentic Katana in a nutshell. So let's look at the two main types of functional Japanese style swords currently on the market and then narrow it down to one Katana of each type that we feel offer the best value for money below the $300 price point.

It handles and cuts almost the same as the historical originals did - and is at least as strong (actually, most swords made these days are actually STRONGER!).
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