• DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social
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    12 days ago

    Bronze can also be arsenic bronze, as it happens, and it’s probably the oldest form of bronze used because it forms naturally.

    Apparently it’s why Hephaestus and other ancient smith gods are depicted as crippled or deformed, an entire mythological archetype of such in fact, ancient smiths were mostly making arsenic bronze until around 1500 BC and even afterwards when tin couldn’t be sourced.

    This is almost certainly tin bronze, just a point to keep in mind.