Also, a lot of medieval swords had blunt edges, great sharpness not being necessary (although some sharpness is necessary). Check the video I put in the beginning of the thread. All this to say that my sword could truly have been made in medieval times (gold plated).
I hope you don't take my critique in a bad way,sadly I've probably angered a few in this competition, but do realize I say it not to shoot down your idea but to improve it. While a golden sword would work as a ceremonial item. On a Medieval battlefield it was just make no sense. As pointed out before,gold is a soft…
Well... I don't know about gold plated, as in electroplating, but they definitely used a lot of gold leaf, and mercury-gold amalgam (gilding) on high-end weapons and armour, basically everywhere and at any time in history. Usually they didn't cover the entire thing with gold though, and used very intricate detailing, which…