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Question for the steel and knife enthusiasts. With modern metallurgy and machining techniques, could you design a sword that if transported back in time, would
by RcouF1uZ4gsC 6y ago
Question for the steel and knife enthusiasts.
With modern metallurgy and machining techniques, could you design a sword that if transported back in time, would be looked at as a magical weapon (perhaps due to its strength, weight, cutting ability, etc?). What would you design?
- abakker 6y agoThis isn't a complete answer, but, modern powder metallurgy along with exacting thermal control can make some blades that would probably take impact MUCH better than medieval ones. You could achieve more hardness and toughness with modern steels.
- hchz 6y agoSince the art of swordfighting is lost, you'd possibly engineer an incredible "long knife" that a professional swordsman would regard as unsuitable for combat or of mediocre value.
- boomboomsubban 6y agoWe have enough old swords from when swordfighting was important that we should have some idea of what traits were valued.
- hchz 6y agoIt's not about making a pretty similar copy in terms of weight and balance. OP is asking about a weapon so superior it was viewed as magical. Let's think about this in terms of the standard engineering design-V: if you have nobody available for validating the design, how could you produce a product that you know to be so technologically superior that it appears to be "magic"?