Is folded steel better?
Folding a steel with a homogeneous composition (e.g. 1095, 1050, T10, K120C) does not add any practical benefit to the blade made from it. The only reason for folding this type of steel is aesthetic. If done incorrectly, folded steel will have many flaws (kizu) such as weld flaws or gas bubbles making it weaker than unfolded (mono)steel. As a company we tend to de-emphasize folding layers into steel merely for aesthetics, as we are oriented to practitioners and not collectors. Q: Does more folds make the blade better? A: If you didn’t know any better, you might assume that a 8192 layer blade is at least twice as good as a 4096 layer blade, and maybe twice as hard to make. To get 4096 layers you would start with two layers and fold them 11 times (2 * 2^11 = 4096). If you want 8192 layers, you fold it once more (2 * 2^12 = 8192). For any type of forge/folding, overworking can also be problematic, creating carbon loss, weld failure, and microstructural problems. The bottom line is a 32,76
