Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-26149161-20170424011933/@comment-170.82.12.221-20181212042609

High King Ithilion wrote: Frankus 2. There is no quote that says they could work with metal, I assure you. And mail is pretty easy to make, compared to a sword which is surprisingly complex.

3. It is a normal axe, not a battle-axe.

Would not their distinctively tall helms imply some degree of metalworking ? If they just stole things i imagine their helmets would look like just everyone else's.

Swords were invented a lot earlier than mail and can be made of copper/bronze while mail is usually steel or iron; so i think it could be possible for them to make swords (Although it would be mostly for leaders and a lot less common than metal axes and spears).