Bronze was also softer, far more brittle and less durable compared to steel. But if you had bronze at hand, it required much less skill to craft a functional weapon. Not to mention that it was a better conductor for magic. Aside from his usual training, Jon had poured every free hour experimenting with casting bronze weapons and attempting different ways to imbue them with magic permanently. Every drawback of bronze could easily be removed if he managed to work out a proper way to spellforge the alloy.