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lol Back on the metal are we? Since none of us are experts, this would all be purely entertainment and an indulgence of our nerdiness. I'm gonna go with the bullet had to impact the blade at the right angle to ping off it and not shatter it. I agree that Tungsten would most likely shatter. It is also heavy. Mithias has some kinda titanium alloy. Now an "alloy" can be a mix of whatever, so I'll just say it's optimized for its purpose, obviously. And swords sing if they vibrate, I think any metal does. As for the ancient longsword/katana/etc., idk about those. I know the Samurai folded their metal like hundreds of times to line up all the molecules and stuff. Maybe the strength is from the working and not from the material?
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yeah, i also indulge, especially in OOC since martin couldn't care less. the folding thing is correct yeah. katana's were pretty crappy compared to western swords on account of them being made of low quallity steel (there wasn't good grade stuff to be found in japan). but the folding made up for it. using the folding techinque with modern grade steel makes some pretty sweet stuff.

you know, if you want some really good stuff look up Damascus steel. the really good stuff came out of the middle east.