L6 Bainite Katana

Iaito Swords

Ninja-To

Chinese Swords

Chinese Polearms

Medieval Swords

Medieval Arrowheads

Medieval Polearms

Medieval Footwear

Medieval Garments

Medieval Helmets

Medieval Padded Armor

Medieval Shields

Viking Swords

Rapiers and Main Gauche

Sabres

Scottish Swords

Armor

Chainmail


$1.00 to $50.00 $51.00 to $100.00 $101.00 to $200.00 $201.00 to $400.00 $401.00 to $800.00 $801.00 to $1,000.00 $1,001.00 to $3,000.00


	Sign up now for news and future discounts! Email Address: Your information will never be sold or shared


	L6 Bainite Katana Steel Bainite is a structure of high-carbon steel that combines great strength with excellent flexibility and shock absorption characteristics. It has been known as an exemplary Katana blade component for a number of years but its use has been restricted to a few top-class master smiths, due to the difficulties involved in performing the exacting heat treatment procedures necessary for the production of a Bainite blade body in combination with the very hard Martensite Yakiba (edge section) required for Katana blades. Hanwei has now mastered this difficult process, using billets of L-6 tool steel (a very tough high-carbon low-alloy steel) as a starting point. Blades are forged and shaped in the normal way, then carefully heat treated to achieve the required Bainite and Martensite structures before final polishing. See our chart below for the typical L6 Bainite analysis:

Email Address:

Password:

You will be prompted to enter your password on the next page

L6 Bainite Katana Steel