Thread:Barangolo/@comment-29773086-20180202195427/@comment-33185350-20180204064451

00Fez wrote: Were there not mithril-tipped spears in the hobbit and if so do you think that was just decoration?

Im not sure, it could go either way. You are probably thinking of this:

“...Spears that were made for the armies of the great King Bladorthin (long since dead), each had a thrice-forged head and their shafts were inlaid with cunning gold...”. While these are certainly exceptional weapons, there’s no indication that they are made of mithril.

That being said, I have always thought that the description of barrow-blades indicates some characteristics resembling mithril.

“They gleamed as he drew them from their black sheaths, wrought of some strange metal, light and strong, and set with many fiery stones.”

While I think it’s unlikely that that is actually mithril, it’s interesting to note the similarities.