Outside of Japan, the finest swords in the world were called Damascene swords from Syria. They had stumbled on the secret of "annealing", that steel that is cooled very slowly can be stronger and much sharper than steel that is cooled quickly.
Nje ya Japan, majambia au panga nzuri zaidi ulimwenguni ziliitwa majambia ya Kidameski kutoka Siria. Majambia hayo yalikuwa yametokana na siri ya "kufua vyuma", kwamba chuma kilichopozwa pole pole chaweza kuwa kigumu na kikali zaidi kuliko chuma kilichopozwa haraka sana.