06-19-2004, 01:07 AM
Hi,
Well, given that iron ore is more common than copper ore or tin ore, even the "history" bit is crap. Let's see, you said:
The reason iron wasnt used as armor is mainly that it was rare commodity and not all that easy to work into large or thin forms
OK, once it was figured out how to smelt it, it ceased being rare -- it was common as dirt.
Pig iron had to be worked into thin pieces so that the excess copper from the primitive smelting process could be worked out.
It wasn't until the high middle ages that a lot of plate armor came about. Scale, ring, chain were all more common throughout history. So, no need for any big pieces.
Three swings, three misses, you're out.
--Pete
Well, given that iron ore is more common than copper ore or tin ore, even the "history" bit is crap. Let's see, you said:
The reason iron wasnt used as armor is mainly that it was rare commodity and not all that easy to work into large or thin forms
OK, once it was figured out how to smelt it, it ceased being rare -- it was common as dirt.
Pig iron had to be worked into thin pieces so that the excess copper from the primitive smelting process could be worked out.
It wasn't until the high middle ages that a lot of plate armor came about. Scale, ring, chain were all more common throughout history. So, no need for any big pieces.
Three swings, three misses, you're out.
--Pete
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