Journal of Material Sciences & Engineering

Welding by Hot Forging of Two Carbon Steels for the Manufacture of Spanish and Japanese Weapons

Abstract

Duarte A, Queirós GW, García Sanchez L, Gómez de Salazar JM and Criado Portal AJ

The technologies of manufacture of medieval and modern weapons in Spain and Japan, keep a very remarkable similarity. Through different paths and sensitivities, the use of steel was achieved with a common idea: hardness, resistance and toughness; all combined in a single set of steel.