Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-203.14.52.144-20150518014116/@comment-24891101-20151027205157

To be a competant smith on their own? Historical blacksmith apprenticeships lasted years, doing nothing else than learning the craft. You expect students to fit this into half the time, on top of a normal high school education and combat training? Hardly.

They have the skills to maintain the weapon, but if it gets damaged, they'd have to take it to a specialist to have it repaired or upgraded.