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While I agree with most points: steel degrades quickly. Iron-age swords found are in a bad shape already (bronze age swords preserve better!). Stainless is bett
by IsTom 2y ago
While I agree with most points: steel degrades quickly. Iron-age swords found are in a bad shape already (bronze age swords preserve better!). Stainless is better, but not that better.
- lazide 2y agoAnd iron oxide girder shapes are going to be pretty hard to blame on something else eh? Iron oxide is super stable. Chromium oxide too. I’m not saying they’ll not oxidize, I’m saying they’ll still form very recognizable, unnatural, and stable shapes when they do. Even a fully oxidized iron sword leaves a sword shaped lump where it is. And that isn’t something that occurs very often in nature.