> European and other Asian swords were pretty comparable and sometimes even better than katanas. If by sometimes you mean "consistently". Across history, the k

> European and other Asian swords were pretty comparable and sometimes even better than katanas. If by sometimes you mean "consistently". Across history, the kind of swords that were made in Japan were inferior to what was being produced in Europe or especially middle east and India at the same time. By the time the "final form" of the katana, as described in this video, had been developed, European swords were being made of spring steel, and were substantially longer, lighter and stronger.