sanmai

English

Etymology

Japanese 三枚 (sanmai, さんまい) (literally, 3 sheets)

Noun

sanmai (countable and uncountable, plural sanmai)

(uncountable) A construction method for Japanese-style blade steels, usually sandwiching a hardenable steel in a taco of flexible steel, that is forge-welded together, leaving a hardenable edge steel and flexible spine steel, for single-edged blades.
(countable) A steel sandwich made by this method, before and after being welded.

Coordinate terms

tamahagane (玉鋼, たまはがね)

Related terms

gomai (五枚, ごまい)

Anagrams

Mainas, Samian, animas, is a man, manias

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