[quote=@MachineSoul]
All edges get damaged in time, like it or not. High carbon steel may be the best at the moment, but it can still get damaged easily if the wielder bashes the thing against anything that isn't soft tissue. You just [i]don't[/i] go off cutting steel plates with a sword. Titanium would definitely not break or chip, but it would bend like Play-Doh. Tungsten carbide is difficult to repair, yeah, but I had to step up the metalwork a notch if I were to survive against demigods, explosive punches and [u]music[/u].

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Magic swords.

That's how you survive.

Either that or you make up your own metalloid.