Bronze swords were ribbed for #history #sword #funfacts

[Omnivoir]

Bronze was still incredible. It was infinitely more resistant to corrosion, and despite being an alloy that required Tin which was very rare for that time, it was still easier to make good bronze than it was to make good iron or to turn iron into true steel. Until people discovered how to get .5-1.9% carbon into the metal consistently. Bronze was used well into the Iron age on ships rams and canons due to its corrosions resistance.

[torg]

A funny thing about early iron swords, is that they where direct copies of bronze swords. As a result, you can easily identify an early iron sword by looking for the tell tale reinforcement ridge, copied straight from bronze!

[Naptosis]

Steel, even iron, is such a marvel that we're so used to, they hardly get any props. Well, apart from the name of the Age, I guess that's a lot of credit! 😅

[lisav]

Bronze is easily my favorite material for blades though, and with modern aluminum bronze alloy's you can make them fairly strong. Obviously not compared to steel but they look great and hold up surprisingly well.
Ive casted some knife blades and am now working on a leaf blade sword design but its a bit difficult lol hopefully it will turn out good though!

[WynnofThule]

Fullers end up kind of serving the same purpose though. Think about it: a rib leaves a concave area to either side, meanwhile a fuller leaves a convex rib on either side. They're two sides of the same coin.

[Krieger]

Bronze weapons are pretty good and durable. I really like them and they have alot of neat designs.

[MrDDiRusso]

Traditional fullers were not made by removing metal but by pounding the fuller into place with a special attachment on the anvil.

[ChadKakashi]

Never realized that they’re basically reverse fullers.

[RagingRaygun]

Not related, but been wondering what your thoughts on Monowire from the Cyberpunk universe are as presented in the videogame and anime.
Do you think its practical or more of a danger to its user the way its used in those example? Or would it be best used as a sharper/easier to conceal garrote wire maybe?

[Romuluz]

Steel didnt need the reinforcement, as it could flex and spring back, therefore it was more advantageous to remove excess material for a lighter more maneuverable blade. With bronze however the rib helped prevent bending when struck on the side of the blade.

[evelynlamoy]

As a celtic bronze age fan, I really appreciate the ribbed sword design. I think some of the ribbed leaf shaped blade swords were some of the prettiest sword designs there have ever been.

And frankly, as a woman, that's all I really want. To be fashionable while deadly.

[jehutk]

Ribbed for the user's satisfaction. The opponent's gonna get stabbed by something long and hard. And some other sexual innuendos

[skrrrtsusman]

i misread that as "Bronze was a freak"

[potoker]

I love that hat. Cyberpunk is a great game.

[dororo]

I remeber wondering about this. How flexible is bronze? If seems like it would snap and be bad for swords

[Steir]

A bit misleading since bronze is an umbrella term for copper based alloys. Bronze can be anywhere between 60 and 258 vickers, so theoretically you can cut trough one bronze sword with another if they're on the different extremities. You however still need a rib because bronze suck at elastic deformation.

[necromanticer]

I don't know that I agree.
A fuller is just a way to get two spines for the price of one feature. The edges of that fuller will be thicker than the center and edges, so now you have two spines.

[rikospostmodernlife]

That was until we got back to ribbed blades with the "pipe" backed sabers and ribbed rapiers

[TheSpeep]

Okay but what really is a fuller if not just 2 ribs next to eachother?

Bronze is clearly the superior alloy.

[marctc]

Similar to central ridge in hollow ground swords, tho