Thank you for the shout out and I am glad the sword held up well. It is nice to see you put it through the paces and have it deliver similar results to what I tested. I may suggest having something to cover your neck and face. Does not look great on camera but hitting swords on hard things has had them flying back at my face. Good job!
@@shadiversityyou guys should review some of the blades from the company "zombie tools" despite their silly name apparently they're pretty good and also use a ridiculously hard Steel
S5 steel is the same type of steel used in jackhammer bits. It's basically super tool steel because its main application is to literally go through stone.
S5 is very tough and the tougher the steel usually means its going to be easy to sharpen. I have stuff in s7. Which is close to s5 and its tough as nails. As is 4140, but dont confuse toughness in steel as strength. Toughness is the ability to take deformation with breaking, strength is the how hard can use it before it deforms.
This is probably the way some legends of magic swords were created - someone had luck in steel composition and created a nigh indestructible blade. Of course anyone facing it would think it's magic. (Some others may just have been "I wish this existed" leading to legends)
yeah, I think it's possible. Not to the extent of modern tool steels but very likely far beyond what was the norm. The better the strength of a steel gets, the more precise the required composition is. The S5 steel, for example, consists of 9 different elements at precise proportions.
the Egyptians and others made a blade out of a meteor, i guess hot and at really low G makes for a steal that cannot be replicated on earth at 1G and lower temps. maybe.
I mean, this is pretty much how we came up with all of our steels. It's just that for most of human history we had very little way of recording it, and there was a general attitude where smiths and guilds kept their formulae secret from competition.
I just love that a sword manufacturer was like, "You know what we need? A katana made out of chisel grade steel. We need it to actually cut through stone like in the movies!" And Tyrinth was like, "Heck yeah! I'm going to try it on stone." This is definitely the fulfillment of some crazy swordsmith's dream.
Dude! Now give it to Tyranth and see how well he can repair it, how much of the what little nicks and scratches there is can be polished away! You already started it with the quick sharpening job, now go all the way. What a magnificent sword even if it lacks the hamon and such katana features, it doesn't matter if the blade is just that gosh darn good!
S5 Shock-Resisting Tool Steel, is a medium carbon content tool steel. What makes this oil-hardening tool steel unique is it's silicon-manganese content. This blend creates a tool steel that exhibits the highest impact toughness of any "S" grade tool steel. S5 is an excellent choice where the properties of silicon-manganese steels are desired in combination with well-known advantages of oil-hardening steels. A reduced tendency to distort or crack in heat treatment is accordingly combined with high toughness in S5. In fact, S5 can be hardened to approx. 62 Rockwell C. This makes S5 and better choice for applications where a higher strength than S7 shock absorbing steel can provide.
@@ilovejettrooper5922 there's this new steel in the market called magnacut that has the knife-making world in awe. I don't know how well it would work in a sword though, as knives and swords have different design requirements.
You know, I keep thinking "they've done so many videos about katanas. They have to be out of ideas for them by now. There's not much more you can do with them" But sure enough, a week or two later you guys always manage to find a way. You have this weeb's utmost respect.
Metallurgy has improved quite a bit in the last 400 years, I enjoyed the "time capsule" of how middle ages people would react to it. from "10x better than normal sword steel pffft!" to "wow it can chip rocks" and "it's a genuine anime sword in real life"
S5 is good stuff. At .50 its actually similar in carbon content to 1055 but it also has .65 Manganese .60/1.00 Phosphorus .030. Sulfur .030. Silicon .175/2.25 Chromium .035 Vanadium .035 which along with its rather high temperature tempering process is what imparts its particular toughness.
@@windhelmguard5295 A tiny amount of sulfur is actually pretty good for a blade. But without proper technique or modern industrial processes, sulfur content in the steel can quickly become a problem.
Can't wait till the higher end sword manufacturers start using this. Imagine an Albion sword made from this Shock Steel... Also, I think this would make a FANTASTIC steel for a Federschwert.
@@SanicSez Not sure how they are silly. But I mentioned Albion as they are probably the most well known. There are many quality manufacturers I would love to see adopt this shock steel. As for Zombie Tools... Now that's some silly stuff. Cool, but genuinely silly. Plus as a UK resident, I can't get anything branded as "zombie" due to our nonsensical laws. Also I like traditional medieval and renaissance swords, not modern tactical pseudo post apocalypse swords.
@@RainMakeR_Workshop ZT dont break, nothing silly about that. They need guards but if you practice with them, they move great. I have a normal long sword I still practice with and agree design and such is more important than anything but…the Xiphos is a God tier mythical beast.
not just a longsword with this steel; a leaf-shaped blade longsword or some cool looking fantasy designs that are sufficiently functional, would also be awesome
Ah yes, my favorite channel of materials science enthusiasts discovers S5 steel. A fun day indeed. Wait til you find about S7: the steel so spicy it work-hardens. The more you whack it, the harder it gets. Genuinely a bit dangerous with how hard it gets, during tool creation. Spalding off chunks of softer steel becomes a real risk to be aware of. Also, like many others have said here, loving the weeb representation!
s5 and s7 isn't even the peak of what a modern steel alloys can achieve btw.. those are just easy to obtain high carbon steels, readily available n the market.
@rubberbandba11craft So far we've discovered zero non-Newtonian solids. so that's very unlikely. Materials like bronze also work harden. Work hardening makes the material harder but also more brittle. Once hardened it doesn't go back to it's unhardened state without relaxing it through applying for example heat.
@@takisk.7698oh, I would imagine so. I've been following the evolution of knive steels for 25 years. And the acceleration of development in the last 10 years has been neck breaking(Think Metal Gear Solid). It seems that only in the last 3 or 4 years have sword smiths begun to experiment with using more modern advanced steels. I can't wait to see what's around the corner. Fantasy is becoming like science fiction. What seems like magic, only remains such, until a real world Wizard(we call them metalurgists) figure out how it would be made. Soon we'll be able to control the atomic structure of steel, right down to the precise alignment of each carbon atom from every single nanometer of the steel. In Star War's it's called durasteel. Tie fighter's are made of this. It is a super steel. Those blaster cannons on X-Wings are not anti fighter blasters, those are anti capitol ship cannons. They are made to blast through the heavy durasteel armor of capital ships, like Corvettes and small cruisers, anything under a Corellian heavy Cruiser, like a Star Destroyer. This is why the blow up Tie's so easily. It's also why X-Wings need shields. Cause Tie cannons are exactly as powerful. And Tie cannons cycle like belt fed machine guns. And they chew through X-Wing shields like they aren't there. Anyway, Durasteel is steel made at the molecular level. And that's what we will have, and mere minutes, from tomorrow. Why? Because they are already developing a high powered partical beam laser to be fitted onto a fighter, like an F-22 Raptor. So what is a next gen Raptor like fighter going to be made of? Durasteel. Or duratanium! Who knows what they'll call it. It will be a metal that take extreme temperatures, extreme g loading, and possibly even near contact high explosives, without bending or breaking. Metals that push the boundaries of what we thought was impossible, into what is possible and beyond. Show Enzo Ferrari from 1958 an Acura NSX from 1990 and he think he's looking at a Space Age race car from the planet Krebular.
...I'd want to see a thrusting sword, like a tuck or rapier, made of that material. A sword where the stronger material would actually benefit the primary combat style (thrusting). The harder material would probably make the thrusting way more effective verse armour.
Oh ugh.... S5... As a machinist, I make die molds out of this stuff,,, It's really tough to machine. Hard, tough, wear resistant, and eats endmills and drill bits if you get too aggressive with it.
The "S" in the name "S5" means "shock". S7 tool steel can get even harder than S5 and it's easier to heat treat too. Shock tool steels are still popular for weapon disks in Battlebots.
I work in the auto repair industry. There's a reinforcement bar in most car doors to help prevent the other cars going through and killing the occupants. There's also metal parts for the window regulator. So you probably hit that bar. The fact it survived it is pretty amazing. I'd love to see a mace or warhammer made out of this.
I think this material would be a waste in a mace of other blunt force weapons. With those weapons the deformation and chipping of the business end does very little for the effectiveness of the weapon. Thats why even after steel was invented you could still occasionally see bronze maces and such. However, a crows beak or such war scythe type weapons that need a sturdy, pointy piercing head, this steel might be excellent.
I for one am glad that you tested it against stone. On behalf of all the melee RTS who are told to hit building with swords, this is critical information
I'd love to hear a breakdown of when you'd prefer a sword for hardness rather than sharpness, and what the logical best use of this "magical steel" would be in a medievil/fantasy setting
Modern metallurgy has come a long way since we were using swords in combat. Modern super steels can definitely be used to make a sword far better than anyone that ever existed in the past. You can see these steels being used mainly in the high-end knife world, especially custom-made kitchen knives and pocket knives.
Should look into more "obscure" less readily available tool steels. Its no accident that industry still uses steels as opposed to other wonder metals. We perfected it to suit whatever need we may have.
you know what i'd like to see? a shortsword - with the blade of a Roman spatha - and shield made of s5 shocksteel. that combo would be a beast! monsters would stand little chance.
I have a knife made of S5 No joke, the guy took 3 years to make it Not sure if incompetence or demand, but it's a big honker I use as a replacement for a bush knife and forest axe. I've taken down trees 8 inches in diameter with the thing and it still looks new, especially when I polish off the sap.
You guys got the last s5. I almost got it a few weeks ago, but I opted to picked up one of their budget sx105v instead. Weighing on reviewing it myself. Thanks for doing the car door test. With another reviewer and similar results. I might have to get the s5 when they get back in stock now.
Sx105v is a great steel for a workhorse cutter. I have a through hardened unokubi and the edge retention is significantly better than my 9260 blade while having a good durability to it.
Well, I was recently encouraged by watching some of these test vids to get back into my sword collecting and THIS just went to the top of my list as I like to hv decorative pieces for show, but swinging into the trees of the Forrest at my house is where I hv my true enjoyment. Tough and exquisite. ❤😊
Note: i am not a full-blown metallurgist, but i know enough to get by as a bladesmith. I got curious about this steel as I have worked with a higher grade of it, S7 (i made my first punch from this), and I know ABS Master Smith Howard Clark used S7 in his Bainite katana series not surprised. The steel is made for making chisel. S5 steel is a high-hardenability very high alloy tool steel...its hardenability is high enough that if you dont temper it depends on how hot you quench it as it has one of the highest ranges of hardening temperatures I have seen (I am using Fahrenheit as it more accurate then Celcies) 1600-1695F. that also has the issue of if you dont temper it in 30 min if you went in at 1600F or 15minuites at 1695F...it will Crack. So it is a very very tough steel also it it does require hotter temperatures to forge. it likely will NOT take a classic Clay Quench differential hardening but you can probably blue back the spine. also without going into the techciall stuff that i bearly understand, as like i said i know enough to get by and i am using a turm not thrown around a lot is a higher end of carbon content middle-carbon at .50-.60C steel which is what Swords are supposed to be made of. looking at the high T-10, which is the same as W1...has very high carbon steel and actually has to be tempered right after quenching and should not even be put in a cold furnace...not what you should be making swords from, but it works great for knives....and drill bits. Not necessarily swords
I remember a old show showing off what they called Angel Steel. That was using some new high tech and old tech to create some of the best steels. They are probably out of the budget of the show right now but in the future.
Would love to see a polearm using this steel. Imagine how awesome a halberd or mace would be with this. The shaft would likely break long before the head does.
There's also an S7 blade that you can get as well, but I haven't seen one tested or reviewed yet. When the blade hit in the car door and flexed, it was the door window motor that it was hitting, and nothing shy of a bullet will make it through that. Great review Gents 👍🏽
It was amazing to see everyone´s enthusiasm over this. Also needs to be said, congrats on the camera work, the takes keep on getting better with every video. Cheers!
enma was the only sword to cut kaido. Shusui was the Near Indestructible Sword. But the sword in this video is like emna. In the anime the sword forces the user to exert more energy than needed.
Love mine! Got the all Black Lotus from RVA Katana .. amazing steel, amazing leather wrap.. wish the blade had a hamon for aesthetics and a bo-hi to lighten it up a bit but I honestly can’t complain.
S5 is some incredibly tough steel. Its some hardcore steel for sure. That was very surprising that you were able to sharpen it that easily. Normally tool steel is difficult to sharpen and takes some effort to put a proper edge on. I figured that it would be seriously difficult, and an absolute pain in the ass to make sharp. This was an all around incredibly impressive review. This is the kind of sword that you want to have with you for the freaking apocalypse!
the S series steel are actually pretty easy to sharpen, but they also dull quickly. most 'tool' steel is very hard, but steel is made for its application. S5 is used in jackhammer bits apparently, so its good at holding its shape under constant abuse. if it was too hard though it would fragment or chip.
@17:50 i just checked their website also looking for it, so i'm guessing you folks missed it at the time, but there is an S5 steel longsword there..... i know you want to get it. because i wanna see it slammed onto some stones.
BE CAREFUL with those steel rings!!!! It looks like they were flying up a good bit when Tyranth hit them. Make sure they're held down securely, cuz those steel rings absolutely could take a chunk out of your face or arm!
It would be interesting to see how this compares to Zombietools's Apokatana, as Zombietools also have the reputation of being indestructible even under extreme circumstances.
ive been doing a lot of research trying to find out what katana to pull the trigger on and i found out cloudhammer sells via RVA katana and theyre like 13 minutes from my house ...i wil be checking them out in person in the next few days!
if you watch forged in fire, there are times when one of the finalists will accidentally drop their piece point first into concrete and the floor breaks more than the weapon, namely the episode they did on the Viking sword, the winner had dropped his very functionally balanced piece point first into the concrete floor of his shop and it broke the floor without even scratching the almost finished blade. And i think that sword was made of 5160. it was season 2 episode 5.
I would love to see you guys test the durability (or lack thereof) of a 1935 Type 95 Shin Gunto officers katana because I've been told they're pretty poorly made but im too afraid to test my personal one
Now we just need to convince Tyranth to put a fresh grind on the sword, just enough to get rid of the chips and dings, resharpen it, turn it into a Scimitana and Shad will the happiest nerd to have ever nerded.
Love the content, but as a one piece fan, i have to say: Enma isnt specifically known for its hardness, its known for its destructive properties, along with the difficulty of using it (since it drains the users energy in order to become more destructive). The sword Zoro used to have before Enma, Shusui, IS known for being incredibly hard, to the point that it wouldnt bend if a dinosaur stepped on it.
Very nice review. But if you add a microscope 🔬 view of the edge, it would be awesome! A not expensive one with a cellphone can get awesome images. Or some cellphones have the "macro" function on the camera...
For years, my dream sword would be made from S5. I could never find a swordsmith who had ever worked with it. You have to take an effort to keep it from decarburizing, so it's made for stuff like molten salt processing. I'll be going to the cloudhammer site next. If I can only get them to make a good Oakeshotte Type XVII out of the stuff, I'll have as good a can-opener as can be made with current technology.
Kudos to Cloudhammer...I'm genuinly impressed at how amazing S5 shock steel is. I personally like European swords a more (arming and hand-and-a-half in particular), so I hope they expand and make some more European sword designs in the future, because I know they already have a longsword also with S5, but it's a little too plain-looking in my opinion.
OK, FOR THE RECORD - The sword Zoro holds in his mouth belonged to his childhood friend - Shimotsuki Kuina, who was 1. not allowed to a swordsmen because she was a female (tradition) and 2. Died as a child. Zoro carries her white sword as a way to carry her memory and dream on his journey to be the best swordsmen. Zoro holds her sword in his mouth out of sheer respect and also only uses it as a primary as a last resort (One sword style). The sword he raised after "being slashed" at the Baratia was Shimotsuki Kuina's sword.
@@Heulerado You know you can wash the wrap of a katana, right? Which is something that zoro, who respects his blades immensely, especially that one, would do.
I saw the title and was like I don't know if it's click bait or not but can't miss checking it out and I must say, I was watching it on picture in picture mode while drawing so it was on small screen but when you were hitting that stone I switched to regular view cause I wasn't sure what I was seeing. I must say it's steel hard to believe (see what I did there ;) that this is real! Great video guys keep up showing us fantasy merging with real life! 😃👍 btw I wish you took more time to see how long it takes to bring it to proper sharpness again and test it a bit more but overall unbelievable results!
S5 is the greatest shock resisting tool steel capable of maximum toughness at relatively high hardness, with excellent impact resistance, and high abraison resistance, with good edge retention. It is iron with 0.50-0.65% carbon, 0.60-1.00% silicon, 1.75-2.25% chromium, 0.10-0.50% vanadium and 0.15-0.35% molybdenum. It needs a complex thermal treatment of annealing at >800 oC with slow cooling, tempering/stress relieving at 750 oC with slow cooling, hardening at 800 oC and then high temperature austenetising at 900-950 oC with quenching in oil.
Thank you for the shout out and I am glad the sword held up well. It is nice to see you put it through the paces and have it deliver similar results to what I tested. I may suggest having something to cover your neck and face. Does not look great on camera but hitting swords on hard things has had them flying back at my face. Good job!
Hey mate, our pleasure and thanks heaps for the recommendation, and also the concern for our safety ^_^
Just about to comment about the face and neck cover. Literally gripped my seat in fear the chipped metal might shoot back into their necks.
Yea that video where the shard flew back at you was real scary, cool but scary
Scott from Kentucky Ballistics would agree. I'd hate for Shad or the team to have to stick a thumb in the neck on the way to the hospital.
@@shadiversityyou guys should review some of the blades from the company "zombie tools" despite their silly name apparently they're pretty good and also use a ridiculously hard Steel
S5 steel is the same type of steel used in jackhammer bits. It's basically super tool steel because its main application is to literally go through stone.
impressive, to say the least.
Was going to say that S7 steel sword would also be extremely durable.
BRO no wonder
Hell
The stone test makes sense now
S5 is very tough and the tougher the steel usually means its going to be easy to sharpen. I have stuff in s7. Which is close to s5 and its tough as nails. As is 4140, but dont confuse toughness in steel as strength. Toughness is the ability to take deformation with breaking, strength is the how hard can use it before it deforms.
This is probably the way some legends of magic swords were created - someone had luck in steel composition and created a nigh indestructible blade. Of course anyone facing it would think it's magic.
(Some others may just have been "I wish this existed" leading to legends)
That is, in fact, exactly how those legends formed.
yeah, I think it's possible. Not to the extent of modern tool steels but very likely far beyond what was the norm. The better the strength of a steel gets, the more precise the required composition is. The S5 steel, for example, consists of 9 different elements at precise proportions.
@@outandabout259so what about S6? Assuming it is possible to create S6 swords or katana
the Egyptians and others made a blade out of a meteor, i guess hot and at really low G makes for a steal that cannot be replicated on earth at 1G and lower temps. maybe.
I mean, this is pretty much how we came up with all of our steels. It's just that for most of human history we had very little way of recording it, and there was a general attitude where smiths and guilds kept their formulae secret from competition.
I just love that a sword manufacturer was like, "You know what we need? A katana made out of chisel grade steel. We need it to actually cut through stone like in the movies!" And Tyrinth was like, "Heck yeah! I'm going to try it on stone." This is definitely the fulfillment of some crazy swordsmith's dream.
Dude! Now give it to Tyranth and see how well he can repair it, how much of the what little nicks and scratches there is can be polished away! You already started it with the quick sharpening job, now go all the way.
What a magnificent sword even if it lacks the hamon and such katana features, it doesn't matter if the blade is just that gosh darn good!
And Shad, they do have S5 longsword. It is a bit crude looking as far as fittings go but it is the blade you are probably most interested about.
Yeah, real interested in that here too.
Some nicks may remain, but how good can he do it?
S5 Shock-Resisting Tool Steel, is a medium carbon content tool steel. What makes this oil-hardening tool steel unique is it's silicon-manganese content. This blend creates a tool steel that exhibits the highest impact toughness of any "S" grade tool steel. S5 is an excellent choice where the properties of silicon-manganese steels are desired in combination with well-known advantages of oil-hardening steels. A reduced tendency to distort or crack in heat treatment is accordingly combined with high toughness in S5. In fact, S5 can be hardened to approx. 62 Rockwell C. This makes S5 and better choice for applications where a higher strength than S7 shock absorbing steel can provide.
Those where some damn interesting facts, thanks for sharing those.
*its
Is there a better steel than that??
@@ilovejettrooper5922 there's this new steel in the market called magnacut that has the knife-making world in awe. I don't know how well it would work in a sword though, as knives and swords have different design requirements.
@@CreepyMF just google S5 shock steel and it's the first search result
You know, I keep thinking "they've done so many videos about katanas. They have to be out of ideas for them by now. There's not much more you can do with them" But sure enough, a week or two later you guys always manage to find a way. You have this weeb's utmost respect.
Metallurgy has improved quite a bit in the last 400 years, I enjoyed the "time capsule" of how middle ages people would react to it. from "10x better than normal sword steel pffft!" to "wow it can chip rocks" and "it's a genuine anime sword in real life"
S5 is good stuff. At .50 its actually similar in carbon content to 1055 but it also has .65 Manganese .60/1.00 Phosphorus .030. Sulfur .030. Silicon .175/2.25 Chromium .035 Vanadium .035 which along with its rather high temperature tempering process is what imparts its particular toughness.
really weird seeing sulfour listed here, as all common knowledge says that sulfour in steel is an impurity which is not desired.
@@windhelmguard5295 A tiny amount of sulfur is actually pretty good for a blade. But without proper technique or modern industrial processes, sulfur content in the steel can quickly become a problem.
The "secret" ingredient is 0.15-0-35% molybdenum as well.
Imagine a sword being so tough that it unlocked a new level of testing 👌
This sword is strong but the stone test still hurt to watch.
1000% agree with you. I was cringing on the stone test.
the shock had to travel somewhere
also probs uncomfortable physically for Tyranth due to hand shock
Can't wait till the higher end sword manufacturers start using this. Imagine an Albion sword made from this Shock Steel... Also, I think this would make a FANTASTIC steel for a Federschwert.
Albion is kinda silly, ZT is the real sacred forge
@@SanicSez Not sure how they are silly. But I mentioned Albion as they are probably the most well known. There are many quality manufacturers I would love to see adopt this shock steel.
As for Zombie Tools... Now that's some silly stuff. Cool, but genuinely silly. Plus as a UK resident, I can't get anything branded as "zombie" due to our nonsensical laws. Also I like traditional medieval and renaissance swords, not modern tactical pseudo post apocalypse swords.
@@RainMakeR_Workshop I was going to say something back but once I realized you’re a limey it all made sense. But I love you anyways ya tea drinker
@@RainMakeR_Workshop ZT dont break, nothing silly about that. They need guards but if you practice with them, they move great. I have a normal long sword I still practice with and agree design and such is more important than anything but…the Xiphos is a God tier mythical beast.
@@SanicSez My 2,500$ Albion would change your mind.
"Everyone always quotes my brother"
-Moon Tzu
Ha ha
That is some insane steel there, now if you'll excuse me, I need to look for my jaw, I seemed to have dropped it.
not just a longsword with this steel; a leaf-shaped blade longsword or some cool looking fantasy designs that are sufficiently functional, would also be awesome
Orcrist with this steel
I wanna see an axe made out of this material.
Rock and Stone
And a warhammer! Hell imagine a halberd made of this!!
Would probably go through those rocks just as well as splitting wood
I wanna see a baseball bat made from this material. Metal Bat.
@@myusername3689 you just improved the STICK
Ah yes, my favorite channel of materials science enthusiasts discovers S5 steel. A fun day indeed. Wait til you find about S7: the steel so spicy it work-hardens. The more you whack it, the harder it gets. Genuinely a bit dangerous with how hard it gets, during tool creation. Spalding off chunks of softer steel becomes a real risk to be aware of. Also, like many others have said here, loving the weeb representation!
so my hypotheses tyhat its non newtonian steel is correct? would a constant weaker force do more damage than a hard fast force?
s5 and s7 isn't even the peak of what a modern steel alloys can achieve btw.. those are just easy to obtain high carbon steels, readily available n the market.
@rubberbandba11craft
So far we've discovered zero non-Newtonian solids. so that's very unlikely. Materials like bronze also work harden. Work hardening makes the material harder but also more brittle. Once hardened it doesn't go back to it's unhardened state without relaxing it through applying for example heat.
@@takisk.7698oh, I would imagine so. I've been following the evolution of knive steels for 25 years.
And the acceleration of development in the last 10 years has been neck breaking(Think Metal Gear Solid).
It seems that only in the last 3 or 4 years have sword smiths begun to experiment with using more modern advanced steels.
I can't wait to see what's around the corner.
Fantasy is becoming like science fiction.
What seems like magic, only remains such, until a real world Wizard(we call them metalurgists) figure out how it would be made.
Soon we'll be able to control the atomic structure of steel, right down to the precise alignment of each carbon atom from every single nanometer of the steel.
In Star War's it's called durasteel.
Tie fighter's are made of this. It is a super steel. Those blaster cannons on X-Wings are not anti fighter blasters, those are anti capitol ship cannons. They are made to blast through the heavy durasteel armor of capital ships, like Corvettes and small cruisers, anything under a Corellian heavy Cruiser, like a Star Destroyer.
This is why the blow up Tie's so easily. It's also why X-Wings need shields. Cause Tie cannons are exactly as powerful. And Tie cannons cycle like belt fed machine guns. And they chew through X-Wing shields like they aren't there.
Anyway, Durasteel is steel made at the molecular level. And that's what we will have, and mere minutes, from tomorrow.
Why? Because they are already developing a high powered partical beam laser to be fitted onto a fighter, like an F-22 Raptor.
So what is a next gen Raptor like fighter going to be made of?
Durasteel.
Or duratanium!
Who knows what they'll call it. It will be a metal that take extreme temperatures, extreme g loading, and possibly even near contact high explosives, without bending or breaking.
Metals that push the boundaries of what we thought was impossible, into what is possible and beyond.
Show Enzo Ferrari from 1958 an Acura NSX from 1990 and he think he's looking at a Space Age race car from the planet Krebular.
@@takisk.7698 Interesting, so there are sword smiths in real life that create legendary weapons.
...I'd want to see a thrusting sword, like a tuck or rapier, made of that material. A sword where the stronger material would actually benefit the primary combat style (thrusting). The harder material would probably make the thrusting way more effective verse armour.
If you take a knife made of modern steel such as T10 or S5 back in time, it may become a famous sword that will go down in history
Love your videos.
As a sword enthusiast, i am super happy for your achievements, and I hope, that you will achieve even more in the future😀🗡️
what's that sword emoji?
Wow, the bluestone test had me wincing for the first couple of hits. Really thought it was gonna kill the blade
Oh ugh.... S5... As a machinist, I make die molds out of this stuff,,, It's really tough to machine. Hard, tough, wear resistant, and eats endmills and drill bits if you get too aggressive with it.
What if... We made a katana...
Out of inconel?
*Evil chuckle*
@@FLMKane I think it would be too brittle honestly. Maybe you could heat treat it just right, but the little bit I have messed with was just nasty.
12:25 That why it’s called “shock steel”? It doesn’t break on impact so easily but one can grind it down (whetstone).
The "S" in the name "S5" means "shock". S7 tool steel can get even harder than S5 and it's easier to heat treat too. Shock tool steels are still popular for weapon disks in Battlebots.
CloudHammer should definitely be sponsoring this channel now.
I work in the auto repair industry. There's a reinforcement bar in most car doors to help prevent the other cars going through and killing the occupants. There's also metal parts for the window regulator. So you probably hit that bar. The fact it survived it is pretty amazing.
I'd love to see a mace or warhammer made out of this.
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I think this material would be a waste in a mace of other blunt force weapons. With those weapons the deformation and chipping of the business end does very little for the effectiveness of the weapon. Thats why even after steel was invented you could still occasionally see bronze maces and such. However, a crows beak or such war scythe type weapons that need a sturdy, pointy piercing head, this steel might be excellent.
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Oh my god please tell me you'd commission someone to make a longsword out of this steel. Itd be fantastic to see that come to life!!!
There is one on their website I just checked
i would love an S5 shock steel rapier, if cludhammer ever makes one, i might just have to go into to debt to get one
I for one am glad that you tested it against stone. On behalf of all the melee RTS who are told to hit building with swords, this is critical information
I'd love to hear a breakdown of when you'd prefer a sword for hardness rather than sharpness, and what the logical best use of this "magical steel" would be in a medievil/fantasy setting
Probably would be good for taking apart wooden shields and the like.
Modern metallurgy has come a long way since we were using swords in combat. Modern super steels can definitely be used to make a sword far better than anyone that ever existed in the past. You can see these steels being used mainly in the high-end knife world, especially custom-made kitchen knives and pocket knives.
Now that's what I call a good sword!!!!!! Holy cow!!!!! I cannot believe how well this sword held up!!!!
Should look into more "obscure" less readily available tool steels. Its no accident that industry still uses steels as opposed to other wonder metals. We perfected it to suit whatever need we may have.
Now imagine making an Armorslayer out of this. At this point it would not even be a armorslayer but a sword breaker 😁
you know what i'd like to see? a shortsword - with the blade of a Roman spatha - and shield made of s5 shocksteel.
that combo would be a beast! monsters would stand little chance.
17:50
A few months later, shad turns up with an s5 long-sword. In other news, an unidentified body turns up, decapitated.
I have a knife made of S5
No joke, the guy took 3 years to make it
Not sure if incompetence or demand, but it's a big honker I use as a replacement for a bush knife and forest axe. I've taken down trees 8 inches in diameter with the thing and it still looks new, especially when I polish off the sap.
You guys got the last s5. I almost got it a few weeks ago, but I opted to picked up one of their budget sx105v instead. Weighing on reviewing it myself. Thanks for doing the car door test. With another reviewer and similar results. I might have to get the s5 when they get back in stock now.
Does that s5 blade geometry have a convex, or a flat grind?
Sx105v is a great steel for a workhorse cutter. I have a through hardened unokubi and the edge retention is significantly better than my 9260 blade while having a good durability to it.
The uncontrollable giggles got me! 😂 That is the most impressive demo I have ever seen.
They do in fact have a longsword under the S5 section for $750. Maybe they send you that to review sometime if you're lucky.
Well, I was recently encouraged by watching some of these test vids to get back into my sword collecting and THIS just went to the top of my list as I like to hv decorative pieces for show, but swinging into the trees of the Forrest at my house is where I hv my true enjoyment. Tough and exquisite. ❤😊
Note: i am not a full-blown metallurgist, but i know enough to get by as a bladesmith.
I got curious about this steel as I have worked with a higher grade of it, S7 (i made my first punch from this), and I know ABS Master Smith Howard Clark used S7 in his Bainite katana series not surprised. The steel is made for making chisel. S5 steel is a high-hardenability very high alloy tool steel...its hardenability is high enough that if you dont temper it depends on how hot you quench it as it has one of the highest ranges of hardening temperatures I have seen (I am using Fahrenheit as it more accurate then Celcies) 1600-1695F. that also has the issue of if you dont temper it in 30 min if you went in at 1600F or 15minuites at 1695F...it will Crack. So it is a very very tough steel also it it does require hotter temperatures to forge. it likely will NOT take a classic Clay Quench differential hardening but you can probably blue back the spine.
also without going into the techciall stuff that i bearly understand, as like i said i know enough to get by and i am using a turm not thrown around a lot is a higher end of carbon content middle-carbon at .50-.60C steel which is what Swords are supposed to be made of. looking at the high
T-10, which is the same as W1...has very high carbon steel and actually has to be tempered right after quenching and should not even be put in a cold furnace...not what you should be making swords from, but it works great for knives....and drill bits. Not necessarily swords
I remember a old show showing off what they called Angel Steel. That was using some new high tech and old tech to create some of the best steels. They are probably out of the budget of the show right now but in the future.
10:09 started thinking of a footman hitting a building in Warcraft...
I am appreciating the weeb representation in the show!
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Would love to see a polearm using this steel. Imagine how awesome a halberd or mace would be with this. The shaft would likely break long before the head does.
There's also an S7 blade that you can get as well, but I haven't seen one tested or reviewed yet. When the blade hit in the car door and flexed, it was the door window motor that it was hitting, and nothing shy of a bullet will make it through that. Great review Gents 👍🏽
It was amazing to see everyone´s enthusiasm over this. Also needs to be said, congrats on the camera work, the takes keep on getting better with every video. Cheers!
enma was the only sword to cut kaido. Shusui was the Near Indestructible Sword.
But the sword in this video is like emna. In the anime the sword forces the user to exert more energy than needed.
It doesn't look so much like the blade chips even slightly as it KNAPS!!! I looks like FLAKES are coming off that, like flint!
Welp, we've found adamantium. Call the dwarves!
Love mine! Got the all Black Lotus from RVA Katana .. amazing steel, amazing leather wrap.. wish the blade had a hamon for aesthetics and a bo-hi to lighten it up a bit but I honestly can’t complain.
Awesome video! God bless you all. Always looking forward to the next one.
S5 is some incredibly tough steel. Its some hardcore steel for sure. That was very surprising that you were able to sharpen it that easily. Normally tool steel is difficult to sharpen and takes some effort to put a proper edge on. I figured that it would be seriously difficult, and an absolute pain in the ass to make sharp. This was an all around incredibly impressive review. This is the kind of sword that you want to have with you for the freaking apocalypse!
the S series steel are actually pretty easy to sharpen, but they also dull quickly. most 'tool' steel is very hard, but steel is made for its application. S5 is used in jackhammer bits apparently, so its good at holding its shape under constant abuse. if it was too hard though it would fragment or chip.
@17:50 i just checked their website also looking for it, so i'm guessing you folks missed it at the time, but there is an S5 steel longsword there..... i know you want to get it. because i wanna see it slammed onto some stones.
BE CAREFUL with those steel rings!!!! It looks like they were flying up a good bit when Tyranth hit them. Make sure they're held down securely, cuz those steel rings absolutely could take a chunk out of your face or arm!
Safety first. Good call.
As the experts said, Safety Third
It would be interesting to see how this compares to Zombietools's Apokatana, as Zombietools also have the reputation of being indestructible even under extreme circumstances.
This would be awesome in short blades like daggers or short swords possible falchions or machetes ext. shad they do have long swords too.
ive been doing a lot of research trying to find out what katana to pull the trigger on and i found out cloudhammer sells via RVA katana and theyre like 13 minutes from my house ...i wil be checking them out in person in the next few days!
if you watch forged in fire, there are times when one of the finalists will accidentally drop their piece point first into concrete and the floor breaks more than the weapon, namely the episode they did on the Viking sword, the winner had dropped his very functionally balanced piece point first into the concrete floor of his shop and it broke the floor without even scratching the almost finished blade. And i think that sword was made of 5160.
it was season 2 episode 5.
We should unironically bring the gambeson back.
I have a marine issue combat knife I have used for everything I even used it to cut the top off a 55 gallon drum.
That sword is insanely durable, holy christ taking chunks out of stone wasn't a thing i thought i ever see any sword do!
Damn S5, that sword is unbreakable.
ask Skall if he wanna shoot this one too
Loved this episode. One of the best you guys have done IMHO.
I would love to see you guys test the durability (or lack thereof) of a 1935 Type 95 Shin Gunto officers katana because I've been told they're pretty poorly made but im too afraid to test my personal one
"Don't believe me? Check this out..."
*Proceeds to cut a mountain in half*
I would like to see a swordbreaker made out of this steel. You could make it even thicker which should prevent the teeth from breaking so easily.
Now we just need to convince Tyranth to put a fresh grind on the sword, just enough to get rid of the chips and dings, resharpen it, turn it into a Scimitana and Shad will the happiest nerd to have ever nerded.
Love the content, but as a one piece fan, i have to say:
Enma isnt specifically known for its hardness, its known for its destructive properties, along with the difficulty of using it (since it drains the users energy in order to become more destructive).
The sword Zoro used to have before Enma, Shusui, IS known for being incredibly hard, to the point that it wouldnt bend if a dinosaur stepped on it.
7:04 Those rings must be made of 90's reto-gaming armour steel.
Starts with 3, loses one every hit, falls apart when got hit the tird time.
I want blunt reenactment sword made from this steel- it would be basically indestructible for the purpose
Very nice review. But if you add a microscope 🔬 view of the edge, it would be awesome! A not expensive one with a cellphone can get awesome images. Or some cellphones have the "macro" function on the camera...
I had a look at the product page, and they say it can bend up to 90 degrees without having the bend set. It'll just spring back
This is a mistake, it is 70 degrees
These are the kind of swords that could ACTUALLY cut bullets instead of the other way around.(take my money meme here)
You should check out Howard Clark and his L6 bainite blades. Nigh indestructible.
That is some high-quality steel. Absolutely phenomenal.
Me watching the car door ..... crying Simpson's style ...."Make him stop!! Stop, he's already dead!"
You should do a video testing it after you sharpened it yourself to see how good of a edge you can put on it
That intro is LITERALLY fire
For years, my dream sword would be made from S5. I could never find a swordsmith who had ever worked with it. You have to take an effort to keep it from decarburizing, so it's made for stuff like molten salt processing. I'll be going to the cloudhammer site next. If I can only get them to make a good Oakeshotte Type XVII out of the stuff, I'll have as good a can-opener as can be made with current technology.
I've wondered what steel/forging would give the best swords steel....and now I know! Thank you!
not s5? its just a rod after they cut a water bottle with it. S5 is probably the best steel for a mace though.
@13:46 cut to the Rivendell scene from The Hobbit: "More of a letter opener, really."
I thought that said enema for a second there and boy would that not be good.
Kudos to Cloudhammer...I'm genuinly impressed at how amazing S5 shock steel is. I personally like European swords a more (arming and hand-and-a-half in particular), so I hope they expand and make some more European sword designs in the future, because I know they already have a longsword also with S5, but it's a little too plain-looking in my opinion.
I live near RVA Katana the distributer of Cloudhammer. I have their S5 Longsword and love it.
Tyranth’s new hairstyle is looking clean 🔥
10:08 -- As a character in one of Brandon Sanderson's books once said, '[I know] because a clever woman once asked me to attack a rock for her.' ;)
they now have an S5 Longsword!! check it out, I just saw it while seeing this katana on their website!!
Perfect for the reverse blade katana for blunt force trama attacks. 😆
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Only?! My god, that katana cost the same that my iaito cost. Granted I went for the nice fittings but it wasn't that much above base price.
OK, FOR THE RECORD - The sword Zoro holds in his mouth belonged to his childhood friend - Shimotsuki Kuina, who was 1. not allowed to a swordsmen because she was a female (tradition) and 2. Died as a child. Zoro carries her white sword as a way to carry her memory and dream on his journey to be the best swordsmen. Zoro holds her sword in his mouth out of sheer respect and also only uses it as a primary as a last resort (One sword style).
The sword he raised after "being slashed" at the Baratia was Shimotsuki Kuina's sword.
I just imagine, after around 10-15 years of using that sword in his mouth...
_The smell..._
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@@Heulerado You know you can wash the wrap of a katana, right? Which is something that zoro, who respects his blades immensely, especially that one, would do.
I saw the title and was like I don't know if it's click bait or not but can't miss checking it out and I must say, I was watching it on picture in picture mode while drawing so it was on small screen but when you were hitting that stone I switched to regular view cause I wasn't sure what I was seeing.
I must say it's steel hard to believe (see what I did there ;) that this is real! Great video guys keep up showing us fantasy merging with real life! 😃👍
btw I wish you took more time to see how long it takes to bring it to proper sharpness again and test it a bit more but overall unbelievable results!
I want a mace or war pick made out of this. Then we can see if you can destroy the stone.
Man, this steel might make even better body armour than AR500. It seems to have perfect qualities for the job.
What kind of sorcery is this?
S5 is the greatest shock resisting tool steel capable of maximum toughness at relatively high hardness, with excellent impact resistance, and high abraison resistance, with good edge retention. It is iron with 0.50-0.65% carbon, 0.60-1.00% silicon, 1.75-2.25% chromium, 0.10-0.50% vanadium and 0.15-0.35% molybdenum. It needs a complex thermal treatment of annealing at >800 oC with slow cooling, tempering/stress relieving at 750 oC with slow cooling, hardening at 800 oC and then high temperature austenetising at 900-950 oC with quenching in oil.
Great video guys missed it the first time thx for reposting