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Damn, looking at the comments here I realize sometimes I DO have more knowledge on some topics than other people. If you guys don’t know that’s a bronze sword, bronze is a metal that’s well known due to its corruption-resistant properties. When bronze develops that green patina you see on the sword it also creates a sort of protective layer that shields the rest of the metal from oxygen and prevents it from rusting away.
Quick note meant to say corrosion not corruption lmao.
This is also why the statue of liberty is green. Also the colossus of Rhodes would’ve been the same color by the time of its fall, and especially by the time some MOTHERFUCKER SCRAPPED IT!
Just wanted to add to your comment here because patinas are freaking cool, in the world of bronze sculpture you can make the patina form a different color by applying different chemicals.
It can be blue, black, turquoise, or iridescent depending on the chemical mix. I’m pretty sure there’s even a company that sells premixed solutions to achieve the desired results.
that’s really cool. yeah, anything involving either chemistry, manufacturing, or blacksmithing I would safely assume I’m not the expert in the room. I bet lots of people are same
And why is the blade transparent?
Because it deals +3 astral damage
Beautiful sword, but looking at it gives me the strangest urge to carve runes into my skin.
That’s called tattoos.
Oh… Should we not be doing this?
I feel foolish.
That’s nice. A nice sword. I want that nice sword. 😋
looks almost too nice for that age
Bronze lasts a long time because it barely corrodes in the right conditions compared to iron/steel which rusts the moment you look at it wrong.
Here’s one that was made sometime around 700 BC and is in absolutely pristine conditions because the scabbard was so well made it was a practically air tight seal around the sword.
I have this feeling that my luck is none too good This sword here at my side don’t act the way it should Keeps calling me its master, but I feel like its slave Hauling me faster and faster to an early, early grave And it howls, it howls like hell
You need one of those swords in case you ever go into the underground empire. They glow very brightly when you’re in danger from anything but a grue.
If I recall correctly, bronze swords tend to be shorter than iron/steel swords. I wonder how big this one is. Need a banana for scale.
Also, it looks cool as fuck.
If I had to guess I’d say it’s about a human arm’s length.
1,45 m human or 2,15m human?
Good point. And it’s Bavaria, so his arms may also have reached the floor when standing up.
Yes
With all the fake stuff on the internet i just presume that this picture is not of the sword
I believe it is the actual sword
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/bronze-age-sword-germany-180982399/
Ah, so the real answer is that the sword was bronzed
“Given the soft nature of bronze, historians have previously wondered whether such blades served a ceremonial purpose, rather than a practical purpose on the battlefield. A few years ago, scientists even staged sword fights in order to learn more about how the Bronze Age weapons could have been used effectively in battle, despite being much easier to damage and harder to repair than their iron successors.”
Scientists a sword fight?! Yes:
Skyrim glass sword.
Heres a concept, imagine some corrupting evil sword gets picked up by someone who incorruptible by the sword. The trick is they are immune to the swords corruption cause they are working off of a fundamentally different internal morality.
Head to your nearest graveyard and you’re bound to dig up a sword in one of them eventually.
Wasn’t Nördlingen the Attack on Titan town?
Whispered secret #1: “Your mom and dad regret having you.”
Handle looks like a snakes head, I wonder if that’s deliberate?
