High Quality Carbon Steel Swords

High carbon damascus steel swords for sale.

High quality carbon steel swords.

These blades are handmade battle ready and full tang. These samurai swords in this carbon steel category come in a variety of carbon steels. 1060 carbon steel is a great compromise between hardness edge holding ability and pliability strength and many swords famous for their durability such as those by ronin katana cold steel and darksword armory are made from 1060 carbon steel. These are the high quality swords designed to be used for combat practice re enactments and stage use.

Northstar forge is proud to use only the highest quality high carbon steel when crafting our swords. D2 is a high carbon high chromium die steel and is the highest carbon alloy tool and die steel typically used in knife making. With a chrome content of 12 00 some call it a semi stainless because of the lack of free chromium in solution even though it is defined by asm and ansi as stainless which contains at least 11 5 by weight of. Generally 1095 is the standard of high carbon steel in most swords and katana blades.

Functional swords are made of high carbon steel and are made from the finest quality materials. The 1045 carbon steel has a carbon content of 0 45 great for taking abuse. Functional swords are authentic swords and have properly proportioned tangs to withstand the rigors and historical accuracy of re enactment. Functional swords battle ready hand forged carbon steel swords.

These swords are historically accurate and are also great for sword collections. Each heirloom quality ryumon sword features a high carbon steel blade often 1095 high carbon steel that has been forged to impressively mimic the appearance of the finest damascus steel. This process is carried out until there are up 8192 layers creating beautiful grain like patterns in the steel. It offers the highest carbon content and yields the sharpest edge but it can also be fragile if not crafted by a master swordmaker.

The differences are in the amount of carbon steel that is added to the other alloys. Made with 1095 steel. A fair price for 1045 carbon steel swords is typically under us 100. For a blade that keeps a very sharp edge and is easy to resharpen 1095 high carbon steel is very desirable.

Functional swords or battle ready swords will generally have tempered high carbon steel blades unless otherwise stated in the description. Carbon steel is made up of 3 types low medium and high. The design of northstars hand forged custom swords is inspired by history and fantasy combined they are indeed works of art. The walking cane sword is constructed by forging and folding 1060 carbon steel together 13 times.