Re: 2 sword fighting

From: Jarec Basham <jarec_at_...>
Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2000 08:44:04 -0000


Haven't really been following this thread so this may have been mentioned, but doesn't it mention in Beowulf that the hero 'Beowulf' has to stop during the fight to straighten his Bronze sword?

I think the whole point is that Bronze doesn't snap, it bends. This would also mean it would lose its edge quite quickly and become little more than a stylish club.

The point I'm trying to make is that I don't think that Gloranthan Bronze weapons are necesarily analogous to historic Bronze weapons. Most would be hardened in some way, this could be via enchantment or simply by the performance of some ritual action that is in fact not magical but by its nature has a hardening effect. i.e. the smith says a prayer and plunges the hot blade into ground ashes causing the blade to case harden or whatever.

Jarec

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