True Swords Balance Toughness and Hardness

A true sword is also tough enough to absorb the impact of repeated blows. This toughness is related to a sword’s ability to flex and return to true; under extreme duress, it should bend and not break.

But steel toughness and hardness are inversely proportional. The harder the steel, the more brittle it is. The more flexible a steel, the softer it is. This is true for all uniform steels. True swords must balance these two properties.

Our Bright Knights are made from S7 steel, a uniform steel and one of the toughest of the available high-hardness commercial steels. S7 is specifically designed to withstand repeated high impacts. Angel Sword has been making Bright Knights for almost 10 years. Today, a few thousand swords later, we have only seen a few of our blades broken. We do see four or five swords each year with cracked grips, but so far we have not found a way to grow harder trees. (And in all these cases, our swords are covered by our lifetime guarantee.)

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