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museums are full of decorative weapons but you rarely see ancient decorative tools. (self.casualconversation)

submitted 2 years ago by GregoryBluehorse to c/casualconversation

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We have a long history of celebrating violence by designing weapons that look really fucking cool while killing each other. How are you today?

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[–] reverie 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Tools depreciate over time, I could see it being less worthwhile to commission or decorate a hand tool or hoe that may get destroyed quickly.

If they did and it survived, it was probably passed down to family/apprentices/others and used until it was destroyed, rather than being something someone buried with them, like a rich person being buried with a cool sword.

[–] GregoryBluehorse 3 points 2 years ago

Very true, I'm sure tools got a lot more use than the family sword or axe.