12-21-2010, 06:04 PM
I too have owned Neil's tin-bronze blades and compared them to modern brasses. The colors are quite distinctive, as Matt says. If you have a similar finish on almost any alloys of differing ingredients, there are typically going to be noticeable differences between them when viewed under scrutiny, most often regarding the color.
-Gregory
-Gregory
Gregory J. Liebau
The Bronze Age Center
The Bronze Age Center