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Civilization's first status symbol that could also remove your head.
means Long-bladed handheld weapons designed for cutting or thrusting, central to warfare and ritual for millennia.
from From Old English 'sweord,' rooted in a Proto-Germanic word meaning to wound or cut — the name is the job description.
Folding mythJapanese folding fixed bad iron, not maximized sharpness.
Damascus steelFamed wavy patterns came from imported Indian crucible ingots.
Status weaponOwning one often signaled rank above mere soldiers.