The assumption that good knife steel = good sword steel
It stands to reason that a steel that is suitable for making knives must also be a good sword steel.
The reality
Swords are used in a completely different way to knives. Therefore, a good steel for knife blades does not necessarily have to be optimal for sword blades. Above all, it depends on how the sword is used, as described in the article on the Price differences between samurai swords roughly categorised.
This results in different types of steel that are suitable for swords such as Stainless steel, Other industrial steel, of course Tamahgane and more. In our category about the blade of the sword we explain several types of steel.
