Sword of the Slayer!

[Voodoo_Chile]

I suppose Titanium would be harder then Iron.Would Rust either (Though as it'd be the core there would be little chance of that)

It looks good btw.

 

[Lil' Timmy]

note that, in general, extremely hard materials are brittle too. imagine a sword of all sintered diamond (the hardest material known). it'd shatter easily in a fight. i'm sure the slighty less-hard carbides like boron-, tungsten-, and silicon-carbide, wouldn't be any better. hardness is a length-scale dependant property, over small scale diamond is super-hard, that's why tiny industrial diamonds are great for cutting.

also, the harder something is, the more difficult it is to shape a blade out of it. metals are great for swords because metal is maleable and ductile. diamond and carbides are not. in order to make a blade, you have to have some softness. iron isn't even a particularly hard metal.. it's only about half as hard as chromium (the hardest metal).

try making a blade out of chromium, it is a metal, so it shouldn't be very brittle (just speculation of course), also it's about the same density as iron, so it'll weigh about the same. if you want to add weight to the blade for some reason, the heaviest metals are noble metals like osmium, platinum, and iridium. osmium it ~3 times denser than iron. as you can probably guess from the famous one, platinum, these aren't cheap materials. but a small core of them could add weight, if you're stinking rich. a cheaper alternative is lead.. it's about half the density of osmium.

lead core and chromium blade? or maybe some kind of chromium alloy?

 

[The Mullinator]

note that, in general, extremely hard materials are brittle too. imagine a sword of all sintered diamond (the hardest material known). it'd shatter easily in a fight. i'm sure the slighty less-hard carbides like boron-, tungsten-, and silicon-carbide, wouldn't be any better. hardness is a length-scale dependant property, over small scale diamond is super-hard, that's why tiny industrial diamonds are great for cutting.

also, the harder something is, the more difficult it is to shape a blade out of it. metals are great for swords because metal is maleable and ductile. diamond and carbides are not. in order to make a blade, you have to have some softness. iron isn't even a particularly hard metal.. it's only about half as hard as chromium (the hardest metal).

try making a blade out of chromium, it is a metal, so it shouldn't be very brittle (just speculation of course), also it's about the same density as iron, so it'll weigh about the same. if you want to add weight to the blade for some reason, the heaviest metals are noble metals like osmium, platinum, and iridium. osmium it ~3 times denser than iron. as you can probably guess from the famous one, platinum, these aren't cheap materials. but a small core of them could add weight, if you're stinking rich. a cheaper alternative is lead.. it's about half the density of osmium.

lead core and chromium blade? or maybe some kind of chromium alloy?

I had always thought chromium had alot of other disadvantages which is why you don't see it being used for much other than in stainless steel. Of course it may just be because its extremely hard to find.

As for how brittle something is it is not really dependent on how hard it is. Basically all metals are much harder to break than everything else because they tend to be capable of bending much more when under stress than most materials.

Oh ya, IMO this is the best looking sword you can get. Thats right, the Master Sword from the Zelda series.

 

[Lil' Timmy]

As for how brittle something is it is not really dependent on how hard it is. Basically all metals are much harder to break than everything else because they tend to be capable of bending much more when under stress than most materials.

this is exactly what i was saying, metals are good for swords because they are maleable (which translates to "bendable" for this purpose). but you have to qualify that bending. metals bend well, generally, because fairly elastic, which is a quality you want in a sword (as opposed to plasticily). anyway, the extremely hard materials would make brittle swords, if you could somehow make a sword out of them.

you probably want to talk to a metallurgist about using chromium or chromium alloys for a blade, coolio.

edit: you might want to contact albion armorers, they make functional replicas of film swords. they might have some advice for you. check out www.albionarmorers.com and www.filmswords.com

 

[mrchimp]

Couldn't you "spray" the blade with dimond particles to protect it's surface from being sliced into or wouldn't it have any effect? Someone did it on robot wars

Oh and I think Fenrics comments are pretty insulting, it's more the kind of thing you would expect a forum troll to post not a mod.

 

[Lucifer Crass]

Couldn't you "spray" the blade with dimond particles to protect it's surface from being sliced into or wouldn't it have any effect? Someone did it on robot wars

Oh and I think Fenrics comments are pretty insulting, it's more the kind of thing you would expect a forum troll to post not a mod.

Lolz, no biggy. So a diamond dust coated shell is obviously the best. Now, what shoulf be the core.

Something that will not shatter yet not weigh the sword over 50lbs.

 

[Prince of China]

Ninja's getting beat by Knights?
The middle ages were not so good.
But here's how I see it.
Knight<Jedi
Knight<Ninja
Samurai=Knight
Viking=Knight
Soldier w/ Wheel-lock>everyone except Jedi.
Knights had heavy armour while the Ninja had none, this giving him more agility, and do to his fast reflexes, high swordsmanship and skill, he would beat a knight very quickly.
Katana's are more light-weight than the sword knights had.
Every played Ninja Gaiden?

 

[GhostValkyrie]

Ninja's getting beat by Knights?
The middle ages were not so good.
But here's how I see it.
Knight<Jedi
Knight<Ninja
Samurai=Knight
Viking=Knight
Soldier w/ Wheel-lock>everyone except Jedi.
Knights had heavy armour while the Ninja had none, this giving him more agility, and do to his fast reflexes, high swordsmanship and skill, he would beat a knight very quickly.
Katana's are more light-weight than the sword knights had.
Every played Ninja Gaiden?

Ninja Gaiden rocks.
Greatest remake ever. Better than the originals!