Hmmm... I wonder if they were like audition pieces for army blacksmiths or maybe from a school of them, e.g. "Okay, you're good enough if you can make one of th

Hmmm... I wonder if they were like audition pieces for army blacksmiths or maybe from a school of them, e.g. "Okay, you're good enough if you can make one of these things." Might explain why there are a lot of them, and all so seemingly different...