Swords have been made of different materials over the centuries with a variety of tools and techniques.
Can ceramic be used to make a sword.
Here is one youtube video that demonstrates making the entire sword from pvc pipe.
Using any modern technique available and any metal available what metal would a functional sword be made of.
Grinding now the blacksmith uses a grinder to work out the edge and point of the sword.
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It can take as long as 24 hours and this annealing process makes the sword soft and easy to grind.
This is not a completed sword yet.
Anvil it is iron block on which metal can be hammered hammer it servise to create a basic shape of the blade it can be manual or electric oven its purpose is to heat up the metal to be easier for forming steel thongs it will be needed to hold the metal during forging grinder it will be needed for sharping 2.
A great samurai sword is worked and folded with two kinds of steel one more flexible one less.
A graphene sword would be capable of chopping up vira and bacteria if you could build a nanobot to wield it.
Damascus swords sharp enough to slice a falling piece of silk in half strong enough to split stones without dulling owe their legendary qualities to carbon nanotubes says chemist and nobel laureate robert curl.
It is still much too soft so it must be hardened.
Sword making historically has been the work of specialized smiths or metalworkers called bladesmiths or swordsmiths.
What is the sharpest sword ever made.
Graphene is only one atom thick so your sword would be tiny.
While there are many criteria for evaluating a sword generally the four key criteria are hardness strength flexibility and balance.
Steel could probably be worked and sharpened to a finer edge which is less fragile than ceramic kitchen knives.
You could use minerals like diamond and corondum to make swords but these minerals have even higher melting temps than quartz.
Choose type of sword that you are going to make.
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Nanotech used 2000 years ago to make history s sharpest swords.
A diamomd sword would be dope though.
If i had to put it to a scenario i m thinking if fighting came down to only melee fights and there was a push to make the absolute best sword to be used in actual combat what would said sword be made of and what process would be used.
It would depend how sharp you could make the carbon fiber and whether it would shatter if it hit bone.
Another youtube video mentions that if you plan on using it as a training sword and need it to have a more realistic weight you can just seal the end and fill it with water or sand.