eli5 How were such intricate items like suits or armour and castle decorations made in the medieval era when they lacked advanced metal processing and precision tools we have today
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They had the ability to melt and mold metal, but they didn’t understand as much about the chemistry of making metals.
A suit of armor isn’t built to withstand the same conditions as modern metal things like gun barrels or planes. For the most part, they wouldn’t even stop a direct hit from an arrow.
They also didn’t have machines to do the work, so everything was made by hand.
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