Bronze age smiths primarily used casting to form the basic shapes of the tools or items. A mold of the item to be created was made in clay and molten bronze poured in and allowed to cool. After a basic shape was cast and cooled, it could be ground to a more precise shape, and to give it, when appropriate, a sharp edge.
Bronze is more brittle than iron/steel and so is far less subject to the hammering methods used when making items out of iron or steel. Still, some amount of hammering could be, and was, used.
Bronze is more brittle than iron/steel and so is far less subject to the hammering methods used when making items out of iron or steel. Still, some amount of hammering could be, and was, used.
