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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Shadowrun Man" data-source="post: 994916" data-attributes="member: 10045">I dont know why people think the steel in Japan was not of high quality back then.  Sure there where some poor quality steel back then in japan, but that can be said for some steel in europe too.  It all depends on the person who made the steel, and how experienced the said person is.  I am no metallurgy specialist or anything, but I do know there are a great number of variable that could impact the quality of the steel.I agree with most of you on the fact that the cutting edge of a Katana was not deigned for the abuse of real combat.  This is why I dont under stand why people insist on using them in real combat outside of dueling of course.  I can see some Samurai using there Katanas in combat, but most never used them in combat, they used battle sword which the Japanese name leaves me at the moment.I dont agree with most when it comes to the No-Doshi being a great sword version of a Katana, the No-Doshi does not have the aggressive curve, but does have a slaight curve to it though.  It is also about 10 inchs longer then a standard great sword, but maybe the length varied from owner to owner much like the Katana.Anyways thanks for the links Aaron2, and Aurance, they where very helpfull in my project</blockquote>