26-01-2014, 02:42 AM
Made an edit, I am very thankful to SentaiPink and other members of staff for bringing to my attention the true nature of folding steel and encourage my further research into the subject. I've edited my application accordingly.
I edited his sword to no longer include folded steel.
I added an amendment to the notes on his methods.
"On method, Mathias is skilled in his work and for much of his life had ample material to work with. He most often prefers to differentially temper his blades for durability, but he has also learned to differentially quench the blades. During the large loss of miners during the civil wars less quality ore was brought up, which caused Mathias to require learning new methods like differentially forging and folding steel from his mother, who came from a much poorer place then Valifren. He is well versed with the methods, but prefers greatly to start with good steel and use tempering over folding."
I edited his sword to no longer include folded steel.
I added an amendment to the notes on his methods.
"On method, Mathias is skilled in his work and for much of his life had ample material to work with. He most often prefers to differentially temper his blades for durability, but he has also learned to differentially quench the blades. During the large loss of miners during the civil wars less quality ore was brought up, which caused Mathias to require learning new methods like differentially forging and folding steel from his mother, who came from a much poorer place then Valifren. He is well versed with the methods, but prefers greatly to start with good steel and use tempering over folding."