> The High Llama broad sword is might be made from a
> Llama thigh bone. That makes it long, probably
> single-edged, for slashing, perhaps with a bump at the
> end where the knee was.
Business end or non-business end IYO ?
Or would this be a YwhitesmithWV thingy ?
;-)
> Praxians work bone and horn pretty
> well. Apart from rocks, it is the hardest thing that
> have available to them.
Gloranthan bone has often been described as a *metal*, remember ...
I think that a sufficiently proficient craftsman/magician could probably shape bone as easily as any other metal, so there must be bone vases, bone war chariots, bone plumbing in ancient tada-shi dwellings etc ...
Although I'm sure that most whitesmiths would find the idea of pounding out the skeletal shapes completely as aesthetically abhorrent ... ... ... ;-)
> Also that a bone sword is inherently fragile. If it
> survived a fierce battle, the Sword Man must have
> blessed you.
Bone can be enchanted, or so I understand Sandy's suggestions, to be as hard as bronze (but I'd agree that, even so, it should remain relatively brittle** ... ).
Julian Lord
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