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casting weapons is cheap fast and results in inferior endurance to the point where repairing is more costly than buying a new one which is why they were dubbed throwaways
the reason for this being that they get easily blunted, are far more likely to chip during re-sharpening it after use and that their hardest part is the outside not the core when compared to a weapon that was properly forged
its useful for household products like kitchen knifes as long as you wont have to cut bone repeatedly
or for arrowheads and regular spearheads which were consumables anyway
even big lumps of metal like greatweapons besides axes are fine because they are designed for smashing and slashing rather than cutting and splitting
but not regular swords or knives especially when their selling point is sharpness and they need to have endurance because they are expected to hold up against other weapons or dense bones
vikings were raid specialists meaning fast brutal battles in light armor which suits cast forged weaponary.
against which brigandine was particulary effective
the point being each weapontype has special needs during the forging process dependant on the expected use
equiping peasants, farmers or raiders is different from equiping a standing army
edit: i forgott that modern technology enabled a improved version of the principle behind cast forging with the use of a for weapons properly forged metal sheet and a plasma/laser cutter which is still not as good as a carefully forged one but still far better than original casting method and is sufficient since they arent main battle weapons anymore
also i was told to add "that casting is closer to sculpting than to forging"
casting weapons is cheap fast and results in inferior endurance to the point where repairing is more costly than buying a new one which is why they were dubbed throwaways
the reason for this being that they get easily blunted, are far more likely to chip during re-sharpening it after use and that their hardest part is the outside not the core when compared to a weapon that was properly forged
its useful for household products like kitchen knifes as long as you wont have to cut bone repeatedly
or for arrowheads and regular spearheads which were consumables anyway
even big lumps of metal like greatweapons besides axes are fine because they are designed for smashing and slashing rather than cutting and splitting
but not regular swords or knives especially when their selling point is sharpness and they need to have endurance because they are expected to hold up against other weapons or dense bones
vikings were raid specialists meaning fast brutal battles in light armor which suits cast forged weaponary.
against which brigandine was particulary effective
the point being each weapontype has special needs during the forging process dependant on the expected use
equiping peasants, farmers or raiders is different from equiping a standing army
edit: i forgott that modern technology enabled a improved version of the principle behind cast forging with the use of a for weapons properly forged metal sheet and a plasma/laser cutter which is still not as good as a carefully forged one but still far better than original casting method and is sufficient since they arent main battle weapons anymore
also i was told to add "that casting is closer to sculpting than to forging"
