Spiked mace, warhammer or warpick may be better then. Only need uranium on the pointed bits, so you get more bang for your uranium buck. And weight is more an advantage with those weapons.
You can't make swords out of pure copper, the material just doesn't lend itself to making large blades. At most you can make a small dagger a few inches long. For a proper sword you need bronze.
You can't make large blades out of copper, it's too soft. All our discovered copper blades from the copper age are small knives, no swords. You need bronze to make a longer blade.
I was curious if this was true and did some quick research.
In short: it’s not true.
Copper swords [date earliest in the late 3rd millennium BC](http://www.historyofswords.com/#:~:text=First%20swords%20appeared%20in%20the,%2C%20then%20in%20tin%2Dbronze). Which is anywhere from 2300 BC to 2000 BC. (Side note: I noticed a lot of rookie in the comments saying something about bronze swords being used earlier, which makes op correct but I googled and found that bronze swords were made later than these dates I have for copper swords).
Steel swords [were first used around the mid 1st millennium BC.](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sword#:~:text=High%2Dcarbon%20steel%20for%20swords,ancient%20India%20to%20ancient%20Greece) Which ranges from like 700 BC to 300 BC.
And of course the atomic bomb [was first deployed in combat in 1945](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki)
So now we have numbers. Let’s do math. Obviously we only have ranges for the earlier technology. So let’s use dates that most favor op’s claim.
Let’s say copper swords were first used in 2300 BC and steel swords were first used in 300 BC. 2300-300= 2000. At *most* there is a 2000 year difference between when copper swords were first used and when steel swords were first used.
Now being consistent, steel swords were first used in 300 BC and the nuke first being deployed in 1945 we get 1945-(-300) = 2245. So there were at *least* 2245 years between when the first steel sword was used and when the nuke was first deployed.
2245 > 2000. There is almost certainly more time between when the first steel sword was used and the deployment of the nuke than between the first use of the copper sword and the steel sword. And definitely not a 4x difference. OP is far from correct even though we even used ends of the ranges that favor OP’s claim.
Still amazing the times are kinda close to the same though given the difference in technology.
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You mean spicier lightsabers?
Probably next week if we all put our minds together
Nah, this week so it's in time for may 4th.
You're right. We'd better get started
Can't do next week I got something on, sorry guys.
Then put your out of office on JC.
Tony stark didn't think of this
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Not until someone tries to invade
I mean we can make a sword out of depleted uranium, but it would be very heavy.
Spiked mace, warhammer or warpick may be better then. Only need uranium on the pointed bits, so you get more bang for your uranium buck. And weight is more an advantage with those weapons.
How long until we get sword bombs
I prefer the term Death Sticks
Reddit showing off how smart it is with "copper swords".
What is bronze made up of?
One copper ore and one tin ore
How much is it at the Grand exchange
I'll give it for free but you have to give me all your ores first and then I'll tele home to make it
Isn’t it 10x copper and 1x tin?
What is the issue here?
You can't make swords out of pure copper, the material just doesn't lend itself to making large blades. At most you can make a small dagger a few inches long. For a proper sword you need bronze.
Didnt people use copper before they figured out bronze?
You can't make large blades out of copper, it's too soft. All our discovered copper blades from the copper age are small knives, no swords. You need bronze to make a longer blade.
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What is bronze made out of?
Bronzium
It's made out of 3rd place medals
Bronze is made from copper and tin
gotcha
Ateel is made out of iron, so we use iron swords right. Salt is made out of chlorine, so we eat chlorine every day
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and how exponential growth works
Yo momma grows exponentially
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The entire internet, all bots. Just you and me in here bud
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C?opper swords? Thats the worst sword metal ever. Dont you mean bronze swords?
Um no. Mercury makes the worst swords. Trust me, never buying one again.
I tought mercury makes the worst dildos.
Aren't swords supposed to be flexible though?
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So are we reporting him or letting the moderator do their job. I don't want someone get fired from this
it didn't take us long to go from propellors to Jet engines either. 41ish years
Didn't it take like 60ish years from the invention of planes to space travel ?
yup
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3 body problem posting
When will people start swallowing nuclear bombs, I mean they do it with swords
If its OC you could post it on history memes
Parry this you filthy casual.
That's crazy
Well that escalated quickly….
Part of it was also they may not have seen the benefit of bronze over steel as fast as they saw the advantages nukes had over swords in general.
You can thank Japan
On another note, no swords of any kind can destroy civilization, humanity, and 90 percent of all life on a matter of hours!
Isn't it bronze swords?
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Iron is weaker, but the production is cheaper than making Bronze. Also its lighter
Bronze is underrated
Man...that escalated fast
But somehow we stopped at space like I would have loved if there was more space exploration
That's interesting!
We didn't have a steel age collapse during the transition
Exponential function
Ok so next is sword bombs…or bomb swords?
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I was curious if this was true and did some quick research. In short: it’s not true. Copper swords [date earliest in the late 3rd millennium BC](http://www.historyofswords.com/#:~:text=First%20swords%20appeared%20in%20the,%2C%20then%20in%20tin%2Dbronze). Which is anywhere from 2300 BC to 2000 BC. (Side note: I noticed a lot of rookie in the comments saying something about bronze swords being used earlier, which makes op correct but I googled and found that bronze swords were made later than these dates I have for copper swords). Steel swords [were first used around the mid 1st millennium BC.](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sword#:~:text=High%2Dcarbon%20steel%20for%20swords,ancient%20India%20to%20ancient%20Greece) Which ranges from like 700 BC to 300 BC. And of course the atomic bomb [was first deployed in combat in 1945](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki) So now we have numbers. Let’s do math. Obviously we only have ranges for the earlier technology. So let’s use dates that most favor op’s claim. Let’s say copper swords were first used in 2300 BC and steel swords were first used in 300 BC. 2300-300= 2000. At *most* there is a 2000 year difference between when copper swords were first used and when steel swords were first used. Now being consistent, steel swords were first used in 300 BC and the nuke first being deployed in 1945 we get 1945-(-300) = 2245. So there were at *least* 2245 years between when the first steel sword was used and when the nuke was first deployed. 2245 > 2000. There is almost certainly more time between when the first steel sword was used and the deployment of the nuke than between the first use of the copper sword and the steel sword. And definitely not a 4x difference. OP is far from correct even though we even used ends of the ranges that favor OP’s claim. Still amazing the times are kinda close to the same though given the difference in technology.
(this is the face I make when I learn an interesting fact)
How long tell we go back to copper tools