"Cutting through a rapier with another sword - possible?" <vid>

[Thorsteinn]

SCIENCE!!!

You know you want to watch.

[Sir Rodney]

Yeah, but they didn’t use a Samurai sword; it can cut through concrete…


 

[Sir Edward]

The results were unsurprising. If they had used sharps, probably the only real difference is that they'd be banging up more expensive swords, and ruining the edge.

[Sir William]

I operate under the assumption that anything is possible so...yes! 

[Sir Nate]

I operate under the assumption that anything is possible so...yes! 

Maybe if they get a bigger sword(or a bigger person) then again it is steel, one of the strongest metals we have, it also Is stronger and more flexible when tempered right(you know for like, that thing that begins with S and ends in D)

[Sir Edward]

Of course, it's always possible to break a sword, especially if it has been bent and straightened several times. But they're most likely to break at the crossguard, or somewhere around the center of percussion where it tends to flex.

[Sir Rodney]

I operate under the assumption that anything is possible so...yes! 

True, but highly improbable.   

[Sir Robert]

Unless the blade was already fatigued or highly brittle it's not probable at all. Weak points in any sword are at the hilt and tang due to changes in the cut, hardening and point of transition. But as I said, it could happen if the blade was already basically broken- I have had tools break due to over hardening, I still would highly doubt this though as most of the time the force would need to be twisting and against the grain of the steel.