Recent content by MorganSorrell

@Anders Thank you so much for replying to my post and explaining a bit more of bronze vs steel! As for the two-handed part, I think I'm going to mark that up to the fantasy part of my novel. As much as I would like to keep EVERYTHING in my book historically accurate, sometimes that's just...

Yes, that's exactly how I plan to make my novel's Excalibur! That's a long time coming though, so I'm not too worried about that sword. Just interested about swords and medieval weapons in general, and this thread has been really informative :)

Oh, I'm sorry if I was unclear. I sort of accidentally said both iron AND steel, didn't I? No, the other, regular swords I'm talking about would be made of iron. I might have one sword (Excalibur, obviously) be made from steel and explain it as a metal obtained from a meteorite. I doubt...

It has been mentioned in this thread several times that bronze is harder than steel, and steel only replaced bronze because it was easier to work with. I want my character to have a very heavy, hard sword. I also want it to be hard enough to be brittle, specifically because it needs to break...

I'm just now posting, but I read through all fifteen pages first both for learning purposes and to make sure my question hasn't already been asked. Anders and other various people have discussed bronze and iron/steel swords, which was extremely helpful, but I have a few more questions that are...