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Post by mountainsylph on Feb 15, 2022 14:47:36 GMT
Heard it being said that its apparently the strongest variant of modern bronze that can be used for swords and has good corrosion resistance like any other aluminum bronzes. Read that most forms of aluminum bronze are in general stronger than most forms of mild steel. I think you might need a respirator of some kind when working with it although the nickel amounts should be small from what I read. Unsure if this variant would be any stronger than your standard aluminum bronze or be about the same however. I don't find any issue with that though personally if I were to buy one as Albion seems to use modern steel over historical steel in their blades.
I've also been trying to think of how it would work for something like a replica of the Mycenaean type Ci or Cii. Those swords were essentially bronze age rapiers but nobody's tested them or really done much in-depth discussion about how those would have worked and how good they would have been.
So thoughts on how well vs bad this metal would work for swords? Has anybody ever used it and do you think it could be used to make longer swords than what is permitted for bronze (Which if it can be used for seems perfect for the longest versions in history found of the type Ci)?
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Post by mountainsylph on Mar 8, 2022 11:18:04 GMT
Also if anybody knows, what would be the corrosion resistance of this type of Bronze?
Would it suffer from the same problems with Bronze disease as contemporary tin bronze from certain materials (Not sure what they are) or would that be virtually non-existent?
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