> RW bronze, I'd say probably not. There *was* bronze Full Plate, but I
> gather it looked rather like wearing a dustbin. RW bronze is soft. You
> can bend it by hand. Straightening swords over one's knee in mid-fight
> was not unknown, I gather :(
Check out the hardness of hammered bronze Jane. Remember that the best cannons were bronze, not iron for the longest time.
Iron (not steel) is not very useful for armouring purposes.
-Adept
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