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[Dwarfoloid]

Real-life silk, depending on what you get it from(spiders, probably, not silkworms), is actually stronger than steel, strand for strand.

Carbon steel can easily jump to 2000+ MPa tensile strength once it's heat treated. The ideal for weapon blades is about 1700-2500 MPa, depending on the exact application. Steel is also way stiffer and has greater density. And is more resistant in shear stress (and possibly some other forms as well, I don't know the details).

[Qwernt]

I read somewhere that Mongolian warriors were "invincible" because they wore silk shirts underneath their armor. Apparently, this was all that was needed to stop arrows and bolts from penetrating too far in their skin. The way they explained it, the silk spun with the spinning bolts/arrows, wrapping them up quickly enough to lessen their momentum.

From my understanding, they still got poked but the silk wouldn't tear.  This allowed for quicker healing, not only was there less damage going in, there was less damage pulling the arrow out as well.