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Question About Beskar
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Fabula Caromed
Belle of the Brawl
Moved to Factory Discussion, where it belongs. It also could've gone into generic Star Wars discussion.
Techies, due yo thang.
Techies, due yo thang.
Fabula Caromed
Belle of the Brawl
I have indeed. Which is discussed in the appropriate thread. 
This one is about beskar. Which I intentionally avoid like the plague, so I'mma let someone else take this question. I think @[member="Popo"] has established himself on quite the authority on Mandalorian tech, so I'll pass it to him. Or anyone else who wants to interject.
This one is about beskar. Which I intentionally avoid like the plague, so I'mma let someone else take this question. I think @[member="Popo"] has established himself on quite the authority on Mandalorian tech, so I'll pass it to him. Or anyone else who wants to interject.
Lord of Girth
Beskads used as swords are not really sharpen. Its used much like a hammer, but the weight is more distributed rather than a hammer. Beskads are mor so used as a brute force strikes, over powering strokes, and short length to allow you to get past the longer reach of the lightsabers. THere is a whole style of fighting with these assortment of blades. If you are going for the Beskad, then it really only needs to be sharpened to look nice. However, I know that a few of the actual mandos might sharpen their blades to give them a better edge(haha get it?) in a fight.
May I ask what you are going to be using it for?
@[member="Kasamann"]
May I ask what you are going to be using it for?
@[member="Kasamann"]
Velok the Younger
When I Was A Young Warthog
@[member="Zoey Marix"] hit the nail on the head. A beskad is a hacking sword, not a slicing sword. Think machete. So when she asks you, @[member="Kasamann"], what you want, we need to know what kind of sword you're thinking of making.
Lord of Girth
@[member="Kasamann"] If you are wanting a more katana like weapon, then I suggest using Songsteel, or an Alchemy treated blade, rather than Beskad. Slashing is for the Katana, and beskad is like a machete. So beskar for a Katana would be rather stupid. Katanas are known for being very light and used with very rapid movements. Beskads are only used at fast paces by those who have trained years and years in the art of using one, because it is as heavy as a long sword while shorter than most other forms of melee. So maybe use Baskar for something else. @[member="Rave Merrill"] is right on that account
Popo
I'm Sexy and I Know It
Okay, I'll give my two bits here on this one. In the Mandalorian language, the word "Beskad" means "Iron saber". Now, teeeeechnically, the word for saber, kad, is used as a reference to anything of sword size, i.e. not a knife or small blade, that has an edge, whether for hacking or cutting. Traditionally, in the English language, the word Saber refers to a sword, usually curved, with a single edge that is used for cutting and hacking, usually from horseback but not always. So, arguably, a beskad could refer to a machete type weapon or a katana type weapon, it really just depends on who forged the weapon. Also, keep in mind I'm going off of semantics, verbage, interpreted language, and common sense of the technical variety here, so canon may contradict me. In which case, usually it's better off to refer to canon.
Moving on to the original question of sharpness, it depends on the blade. A machete uses the weight of the blade, the inertia of the swing, and the user's muscle strength to cut. Think a cutlass. It's not so much to slice and dice and sever limbs as it is to break bones or hack into armor. Katanas are used to slice and cut and are effective against most armor types short of heavy, metal armor like platemail (though a short blade that looks like a Katana is actually referred to as a Wakizashi). Obviously, a weapon meant to cut and slice will need to be sharper than a weapon designed to hack and chop, so frequency of sharpening and keenness of the blade will be more precise for cutting blades as opposed to chopping blades.
Beskar is also a tough metal and has, in canon, resisted everything from blaster bolts, bullets, lightsabers, and I vaguely remember a reference that it took a turbolaser the face, but don't quote me on that last one as I don't remember fully enough if that was actual canon or ambiguous canon or if I misread something. So, arguably, beskar wouldn't need to be sharpened as often depending on the blade type, but in that same breath, sharpening a super hard metal is going to be a massive pain in the rear even with electrical and/or machining equipment.
Welp, hope that answers your question. If not, @ me and I'll see what else I can do to help
@[member="Kasamann"] @[member="Zoey Marix"] @[member="Rave Merrill"] @[member="Fabula Cavataio"]
Moving on to the original question of sharpness, it depends on the blade. A machete uses the weight of the blade, the inertia of the swing, and the user's muscle strength to cut. Think a cutlass. It's not so much to slice and dice and sever limbs as it is to break bones or hack into armor. Katanas are used to slice and cut and are effective against most armor types short of heavy, metal armor like platemail (though a short blade that looks like a Katana is actually referred to as a Wakizashi). Obviously, a weapon meant to cut and slice will need to be sharper than a weapon designed to hack and chop, so frequency of sharpening and keenness of the blade will be more precise for cutting blades as opposed to chopping blades.
Beskar is also a tough metal and has, in canon, resisted everything from blaster bolts, bullets, lightsabers, and I vaguely remember a reference that it took a turbolaser the face, but don't quote me on that last one as I don't remember fully enough if that was actual canon or ambiguous canon or if I misread something. So, arguably, beskar wouldn't need to be sharpened as often depending on the blade type, but in that same breath, sharpening a super hard metal is going to be a massive pain in the rear even with electrical and/or machining equipment.
Welp, hope that answers your question. If not, @ me and I'll see what else I can do to help
@[member="Kasamann"] @[member="Zoey Marix"] @[member="Rave Merrill"] @[member="Fabula Cavataio"]
Lord of Girth
@[member="Popo"] just to clarify for you, Casus Ordo I believe said that he had rode a ship in reentry wearing his Beskargarm and only sweated a few beads on his brow. So it can withstand reentry heat.
Popo
I'm Sexy and I Know It
Yes this is also true. Beskar can withstand massive amounts of heat as well. I think that was a KOTOR appearance. The first one.Zoey Marix said: