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Well, I used in my first batch a pound of both Copper and Tin then I used 1.5 pounds of Copper and .5 pounds of Tin then 1.5 Tin and .5 copper. All turned out relatively the same. They bent or snapped after prolonged use.

Bronze was not better than iron for a multitude of reasons.

Bronze is extremely weak it bends and snaps very quickly. Iron still bends and snaps but way less than bronze. The only reason bronze was used instead of Iron for breastplates is because it was easier to bend.

If Bronze was so good why was iron used more? All civilizations used bronze as well as iron. Bronze was easier to mass produce, so the lack of availability isn't the problem. So why is it that Iron won out? Because of strength iron bends and has to be reset, true, but bronze bends way more than iron.