The steel in European swords was generally much better .
And remember that the rubbish blades sold for court swords or sold for military contracts that were not always tested..it was not the same quality of blade as what was exported to customers in the east for weapons or to the Americas as machete blades, these were fine hard sharp well tempered well quenched blades.
The European blades sold in India or the middle east or the Caucasus were mostly very good.
People were assembling weapons from these and sharpening them by had they would quickly recognise if the blade was rubbish.
Our opinion of European made blades from blunt mass produced military swords is skewed.
Maybe times these military swords are total rubbish unusable almost when sharpened. Low carbon steel. .. hard like a soft spring that can take a bend even..
Unable to hold an edge.
Others are also damaged further during rough careless grinding. If Yoh have ever sharpened and tested many cheaper military swords you will see it.
It's why the British took great effort to proof military items.
And it's why Europeans developed a negative opinion on some of their swords when using Asian weapons in their place
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