<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 12:08 PM, Peter Brink <<a href="mailto:peter.brink@brinkdata.se">peter.brink@brinkdata.se</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Tomas Björklund skrev:<br>
<div class="Ih2E3d">> Actually you have to regard the Kopesh (or Khopesh) as a form of axe, not a<br>
> sword. Besides being descended from a type of staff-axe, it handles like an<br>
> axe in all respects. Another thing you may want to consider is the fact that<br>
> this is a bronze weapon, with all that implies.<br>
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</div><div class="Ih2E3d">Actually, bronze is not inferior to iron... :) in some cases and<br>
applications it's actually superior.<br>
</div></blockquote></div><br>You are absolutely right. Bronze is far stronger and better at holding an edge than wrought iron. It's a bit heavier though but that may even be a good thing in some cases. <br><br>Although you may want to compare bronze to steel rather than iron, in which case the reverse is true. Whether steel exists or not in a particular RQ world is another matter. Here on earth we've had cultures even B.C. with very good steel, Wootz steel for instance.<br>