[LT] Iron and Steel Armor

[whswhs]

Originally Posted by malloyd

Because magnetism is *obviously* a magical property, just like the ones cold iron is supposed to have.

Yes, and iron at, say, 500°F can have it. Most people would not dream of calling that "cold iron." Especially not if they tried to pick it up.

By your own argument, it seems unlikely that most people would have encountered iron above the Curie transition temperature. So they wouldn't be likely to have a concept of hot=nonmagnetic iron. There's just iron, and iron is drawn to the lodestone.

Bill Stoddard

[blacksmith]

Originally Posted by whswhs

Yes, and iron at, say, 500°F can have it. Most people would not dream of calling that "cold iron." Especially not if they tried to pick it up.

A blacksmith would call it cold, as it is well below a decent working temperature.