A titanium katana

sniperboy

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nothing too scholarly, just somehting that a friend and I threw around while we were drinking.. Apparently in the movie 'blade' Snipes had a Ti katana.. now my first instinct is taht it is damn impracticalll seing as it can't hold an edge.. but other than that what woudl make it work and not work?

I am not as knowledgeable in traditional katana making as I want to be so I guess I want to ask you mroe knowledgeable people what makes it work or not work?

I guess Ti is really expensive to use for this or is it THAT expensive? also woudl it be any more difficult to fold and pound titanium like traditional katanas (if at all possible)

and finally, will it have that soft spine hard edge characteristic of katanas? Or is this properyy independednt of the material but of the process? t hanks for entertaining my stupid thought
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it's probably just aluminum.. or plastic
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(Insert Japanese sword afficionado expressions of shock and horror here.)
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Titanium is lighter than steel, non-magnetic, non-rusting, very springy, and not especially hard. The laminated zone-tempered titanium blade is, last I heard, technology that hadn't been invented yet.

A titanium katana would be lighter than a steel one, very hard to break, deadly against enemies who aren't wearing armor or shooting at you, and might be just the thing for samurai frogmen.
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Could have sworn the sword in the movie had a double edge. What would that do to any hopes of a strong spine?
 
Root. Thanks for that article.. it REALLY helpedd.. MWAH MWAH! Now I can sleep easy at nights =) wow can you hear my puny brain cells growing
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I saw a Warren Thomas titanium and carbon fiber katana a few months ago at a gun show. The dealer had it for display only, and he explained that Thomas only made 3 or 4 of them. They were way too hard to make. Basically it was a carbon fiber and titanium laminate, and it was really more of a wakizashi, not a katana. Either way it was a very nice piece and it handled very well. Very light weight as you can imagine.
 
Ahhh, how dare you all!!! Don't you have eyes?

Ok, rant over.

It was indeed a double edged sword, and not a very long one, since it was in a spine sheath (not a good thing to fall on). I belive it was called "Acid etched titanium". When he was fighting frost (evil BG with a katana) I kept wondering when frost was going to take a chunk out of the blade... didn't happen though.

But that sword just had tooooo much potential for hurting yourself. I mean that security system was Waaaaaay cool, but i can just imagine whipping it out in the thick of combat and forgetting to flip the little switch......

It's a fairly good watch, as long as you don't expect too much.

James

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Heck, why bother with a titanium katana when you can have a lightsaber for just a few bucks more?
 
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