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DirkBabypunch t1_irtjze0 wrote

Reply to comment by 2Mike2022 in Has metal ever been used in ancient/medieval fortifications or any equivalent by HDH2506

You don't usually forge bronze and copper, and making plates out of them is just a matter of casting one, which should be trivial to do.

And by the time period OP is asking about, arrowheads are iron or steel, so copper cladding a gate is irrelevant to their production, except maybe for the guys it takes to pour the casting.

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War_Hymn t1_iryaoms wrote

Actually, cast bronze would be pretty weak as is - some forging or hammering was usually done to strengthen and harden bronze tools and items.

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DirkBabypunch t1_iryb4qg wrote

That can be easily done once the plate is formed, and they obviously knew about the need to do it.

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