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What is the sharpest knife in China?

It is the Tang sword, in the world at that time and the Arab Damascus knife is known in the world of the two famous knife, both technically and artistically have reached a very high level of achievement, can be said to be the pinnacle of the history of China's swords and knives. In the Tang dynasty in many foreign wars (such as the Turkic and Japanese), the Tang sword to, the file is overwhelming, many blades and it is folded, creating a period of "Tang sword invincible" myth.

1, "Tang sword" origin:

The empire through enlightened politics and strong military power, became the center of the world, from the beginning of the Tang Dynasty unification of the war to the Tang Dynasty all the internal and external wars, have appeared in the history of the cold weapons on the later generations of weapons with great impact! --Tang sword.

Tang knife in the Han knife on the basis of the development of the Han knife, the use of the Han knife "hundred refined steel" forging process, and improve the treatment of impurities in the steel during forging, and created the "steel" technology, so that the Tang knife outside the hard inside soft, with a strong toughness. The Tang sword is hard on the outside and soft on the inside, with great toughness. The Tang sword is extremely tough on the outside and soft on the inside. In addition to improving the forging process, the appearance of the Tang sword was also greatly improved. The Tang sword removed the flat ring at the head of the Han sword, making the blade wider and extending the handle so that the Tang sword could be held in both hands. In the Tang Dynasty, the Tang sword was introduced to Japan, Japan had already obtained the smelting technology of the Han sword, but when the Emperor of Japan saw the Tang sword, he also marveled: only the Central Plains can cast such a fine sword

2, "Tang sword" and "Japanese sword" The difference between:

Tang sword and the Japanese sword, the main difference is the shape. Tang knives are generally straight, only subtle curvature, and the tip of the part is square, that is, the tip of the knife is not sharp, similar to the shape of the break. Japanese swords are more curved, and the most curved is probably the taijutsu. Moreover, the tip of a Japanese sword is pointed, and the cut where the back of the sword meets the blade has a very detailed curve, rather than a sudden break shape. In addition, the world unanimously recognizes that the Japanese sword is by far the strongest and most delicate sword in the world, because Japan's iron ore resources are not well developed, so the swordsmiths create each sword is carved in gold, and each samurai treats the sword as his own soul, and it is said that when the sword is in the people, the people will be in the people, and when the sword is out of the people, the people will be out of the people. The people who offended the samurai sword, the samurai could be beheaded on the spot without having to pay any responsibility. It is true that the Tang sword was once lost, but modern masters put all kinds of efforts to study, the modern Tang sword can still be built out of the original flavor.