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True swords balance toughness and hardness |
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True Swords Balance Toughness and Hardness A true sword is also tough enough to absorb the impact of repeated blows. This toughness is related to a sword’s ability to flex and return to true; under extreme duress, it should bend and not break. But steel toughness and hardness are inversely proportional. The harder the steel, the more brittle it is; the more flexible a steel, the softer it is. This is true for all uniform steels. True swords must balance these two properties. Our Bright Knights are made from S7 steel, a uniform steel and one of the toughest of the available high-hardness commercial steels. S7 is specifically designed to withstand repeated high impacts. Angel Sword has been making Bright Knights for almost 10 years. Today, a few thousand swords later, we have only seen two of our blades broken. We do see four or five swords each year with cracked grips, but so far we have not found a way to grow harder trees.
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