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Thickness of a bronze bell cuirass
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06-25-2009, 04:37 PM
Don't be fooled by 'thickness' as the arbitur of effectiveness. Ancient bronze was a lot different to modern bronze and a bronze specialist I have been working with challenged me to drive a nail through a piece of hardened, 12% tin bronze plate. It bent... the nail that is.
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Thickness of a bronze bell cuirass - by chalda - 06-23-2009, 05:17 PM
Re: Thick of the bronze for a bell cuirass - by ouragos - 06-25-2009, 04:37 PM

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