Carbon Steel

is carbon steel in a sword good for fighting with or is it cheap stuff for replicas?

im looking into buying a sword that is not a replica and you can use and all the things i see all of the ones on ebay say carbon steel is that good material?

Carbon steel is good if it has been properly forged. Here are some pages of information I wrote to help people learn about what they are getting in a sword:

http://www.chinese-swords-guide.com/market-swords.html

http://www.chinese-swords-guide.com/antique-swords.html

http://www.chinese-swords-guide.com/sword-hilt.html

http://www.chinese-swords-guide.com/edge-geometry.html

Musashi 1060 Carbon Steel Katana Cutting