what material is best for a sword?

Question

im looking to buy a samurai katana for the zombie apocalypse,
but one problem i face shopping online is that i don't know which material is best for protecting my friends, and family with.

Stainless Steel, or Carbon Steel for a sword?

please be elaborate.

Answer 1

IDK what all that means, but if I was going to make a real sword I'd use a leaf spring from a truck.



Or carbon steel.

Answer 2

For a katana the best steal would be Tamahagane steel its a type if Japanese steel. But a real katana made from that stuff are thousands of dollars and one made in japan the Traditional way is 10000$.

Your talking about more western market katanas so out of those to steals carbon steel. Stainless steel will never rust great for decoration but the grades are to big and sword will be to brittle and will snap if used to cut. Carbon steel is hard but not brittle and can hold an edge here the common carbon steels.

1045: .45% carbon content the minium hardness for a functional blade. a little soft but still can cut edges dulls faster but its easy to sharpen. price: cheap 50-200

1060: .60% carbon content mild hardens. a good combination for edge holding and toughness moderate 70-300

1095: .95% carbon content. The hardest off them all. great for cutting and edge holding hard to sharpen because of the hardness of blade. expensive 300-10000



But most important make sure the sword is well made a well made 1045 sword is better then a badly made 1095.

Answer 3

Stainless has large carbides and as such will break. Carbon steel is the best, but which alloy. 5160 is one of the toughest you can get, it can take a real beating. 1095 has more carbon and will hold an edge longer, but at the expense of toughness. L-6 will hold an edge longer than 5160 less than 1095 is tough but not as strong as 5160. You'll see blades made of 1055 & 1060, I won't make a knife out of that stuff as it can't hold an edge. In the end, it's all about the heat treatment, a true katana will have a differential heat treatment (edge hard, back soft) which allows it to be very sharp and hold an edge but flex and not break. In the end zombies are your least concern.

Answer 4

well definitely not stainless steel too weak and you could get away with some ultra-high carbon steel or lower but ideally what you want to go with is a nice good metal that can stand up to a lot of punishment so a good test it to try bashing it against a wall hard as you can a few times. if it can take a wall it can take a zombie. also whale a katana might be a good idea in theory what you really want is a single fire firearm with plenty of ammo keep in mind the only way a zombie stays down is when it is down a head.

Answer 5

Возьми рессора от автомобиля. Раскалить металл,расковать большой молоток. Из полученный металл выточи катана. Закалить катана. Конец- Шлифовать полученный катана.

Answer 6

I would choose a damascus steel blade.