The world's sharpest sword is entirely dependent on the individual sword itself. However, there are many types of swords, both contemporary and ancient, that are rumored to be consistently sharper than any others. While certain swords like the katana are frequently championed above others, a truly definitive test has yet to be administered on contemporary melee weapons.
Damascus steel which is based off of wootz steel was produced in India from about 12th to 18th ccentury C.E. at which point the recipe for the steel was lost ans replicas are mostly based on speculation. swords were famed for cutting through lesser steel and were said to cut falling silk.
Most definitely the ancient Japanese Katakana(meaning sword), as they are able to cut a man (or woman) in half.
They are also some of the world longest time consuming weeks to forge one:
The authentic Japanese katakana is made from a specialized Japanese steel called "Tamahagane". The katana gets its gentle curve from quenching during forging, as it is straight prior to quenching. A process of differential tempering causes martensite to form predominantly in the edge of the blade rather than the back; as the spine has lower retained lattice strain, it cools and contracts, and the blade takes on a gently curved shape. A coating of clay mixed with ashes and a small portion of rust is applied to every surface but the edge of the blade during hardening. This provides heat insulation so that only the blade's edge will be hardened with quenching. The hardening of steel involves altering the molecular structure of that material through quenching it from a heat above 800 °C (1,472 °F) (bright red glow), ideally no higher than yellow hot. If cooled slowly, the material will break back down into iron and carbon and the molecular structure will return to its previous state. However, if cooled quickly, the steel's molecular structure is permanently altered. The reason for the formation of the curve in a properly hardened Japanese blade is that iron carbide, formed during heating and retained through quenching, has a lesser density than its root materials have separately. After the blade is forged it is then sent to be polished. The polishing takes between one and three weeks. The polisher uses finer and finer grains of polishing stones until the blade is like glass. This makes the blade extremely sharp and reduces drag making it easier to cut with. The blade curvature also adds to the cutting power.
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There should also be a Damascus sword. it was so sharp that it it can cut through rock or other sword without losing it's sharpness. it's also very flexible, so much so that it can follow the curvature of bones when cutting down a man.
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Another candidate for sharpest sword is the ancient Macuahuitl. It's an ancient Aztec weapon shaped like a sword. The Macuahuitl is made of wood, and its sides are embedded with blades made from obsidian, a volcanic glass which can be sharp on a molecular level. Obsidian is often 5 times sharper than steel, and the sharpest obsidian edges can be as thin as 3 nanometers wide. However it is debatable as to whether the macuahuiti weapon can be considered a real sword as it differs in many ways from any other sword. The blade is segmented into many small pieces, and the wood impedes it's cutting ability.
The best fencing weapon would usually be the sword.
The three categories of fencing are:SabreEpeeFoil
Foil.
The Renaissance fencing sword was a narrowed bladed sword called a 'Rapier'.
The sword fighter was practicing his fencing techniques.
Whoever invented the sword.
Any type of Fencing sword that are available
Sword, Armyng sword, (Arming sword), grete sword (grete, meaning great, ie, big), Fawchoun. (Falchion, curving sword), Tuck (Estoc, a thrusting sword). The word sword comes from the Old English sweord, cognate to swert, Old Norse sverð, from a Proto-Indo-European root *swer- "to wound, to cut". several other names could be used. but generally just "sword" on its own.
its like sword fighting with lots of pads and a sword with metal ball on the end
no one did. it started with who could be the best sword fighter. it was like a tournament. then they added rules and stuff
They are called Fencers.
The weapon used for training in the fencing duel era was called the foil (fleur). It is still used as one of the 3 weapons for fencing today, although it has never historically been a real weapon used for combat. There isn't a training sword in fencing. Originally the foil (see above) before the sport fencing - like we know it now - exsisted. Now you choose a weapon (like the foil) and train with that. So in fencing there is no training sword.