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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Puxido" data-source="post: 6461216" data-attributes="member: 6775929">It is sharper, the steel is tempered so the edge of the blade is harder, and harder steel is the sharper an edge it can keep.  It's the same concept as a titanium knife can be sharper than one made of bronze.  I have put a good amount of time studying Katanas, as they are my favorite of weapons.I see your point on the second line though, but still, I can see flaw with it in my opinion.  Both being stabbed with a katana and a longsword would be deadly, but a katana's sharp edge might be better at it than a dull longsword (Or vice versa, depending on which is sharper atm, though for game mechanics, I'm suggesting we always assume that a katana is sharper than a longsword).  And with the logic you suggest, all swords should deal the same damage, no matter what, their all swords and thus equally deadly.  I have a good example, I have a knife and a pencil, and decide to go hunting.  Now, I find a feral pig, now both might do piercing damage, but it's safe to assume that the knife would be better at the job than a pencil.Oh, and by the way, those "Klingon things" you refer to are bat'leths, and don't do slicing damage, but piercing damage. Unless you are referring to a Reverse bat'leth, which do exist, but are less common.</blockquote>