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Originally Posted by Disliker of the mary sue
Hm okay after reading a bit on the other thread on meteor swords... the conclusion seems to be it just normal iron at best. The only thing that would be special would maybe people would think it has magical powers. Other wise it probably just be just an ceremonial sword you'd be better off selling then actually using.
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Why not dupe people into buying your normal-iron swords instead, by claiming they're made of Thunderbolt Iron(tm)? That's much cheaper and much more profitable.
In my Ärth setting, it's fairly common (especially for Varangians) to pass off narwhal tusks as unicorn horns. Especially shortened ones, because they look more convincing (usually gaining you more $/pound than unshortened ones). The same was almost certainly done historically, although probably not so often (even though in our timeline, real unicorms never existed).
Historically, there were
counterfeit brand name swords in the 10th century. Maybe 9th too (not my period, so not sure). Look up Uflberth.
I'm sure there's a market for fake meteoric iron swords.