sword forging
Hammering heated steel
Sword forging is the craft of shaping a sword blade through heating metal and hammering it into form.
The process typically involves repeated cycles of heating, folding, and hammering to create a strong, flexible blade.
Traditional sword forging—whether Japanese katana-making or European bladesmithing—is considered both a technical skill and an art form: He spent years studying sword forging under a master bladesmith.
- anvilMetal-shaping block
- hammerTool for striking nails
- hammer blowsRepeated striking impacts
- steelCarbon-hardened iron alloy
- high carbon steelIron with elevated carbon content
blade · cutting edge · quench · temper · heat treatment · heat · white hot · bellows · coal · sparks · tang · edge · folding · folded steel · metal · fire · red-hot · smithy
sword forgingmetal casting
Shaping molten alloy in molds
welding · die casting · brazing · sand casting · soldering
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