museums are full of decorative weapons but you rarely see ancient decorative tools. - eviltoast

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

  • reverie@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    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.