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Tamahagane
Type of steel made in the Japanese tradition / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tamahagane (玉鋼) is a type of steel made in the Japanese tradition. The word tama means 'precious', and the word hagane means 'steel'.[1] Tamahagane is used to make Japanese swords, daggers, knives, and other kinds of tools.
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The carbon content of the majority of analyzed Japanese swords historically lies between a mass of 0.5–0.7%; however, the range extends up to 1.5%.[2][3]