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Originally Posted by Disliker of the mary sue
Hm okay changing the subject a little, what would a sword made out of a radioactive material be like? Can radioactive metals be forged into swords in the first place and if so how sturdy would they be? Also how fast would the radiation kill you if you used such a sword as your regular weapon. I'd start a new thread but it seems too similar a question to do so. I'm thinking at best it be a normal blade equal to something made of bronze with maybe a reputation as cursed blade in a society without knowledge of radioactivity.
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I think you're underestimating bronze.
As far as I know, bronze is almost as tough as iron, or can be made that tough anyway. The reason we switched from bronze to iron was because bronze requires two rare metals, copper and tin, which don't occur anywhere near each other in geological terms, whereas iron only requires iron which is comparatively much more abundant.