Happy christmas to all! Hope you had a good one
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I received a gift this christmas from my best friend, a sword. It's 18 inches long (looks like a short sword but he insisted it was a long sword). Now it looks really great, the hilt is mahogony and the pommel is gold but I was wondering what are real swords made from, the ones they use in this day and age to spar with. This one is made from stainless steel which leads me to beleive it is really only a collectors item to be hung on the wall rather than clashing with another blade as stainless steel would shatter on enough impact wouldn't it?