I imagined myself in that plumed helmet, that iron sword in my hand, and that cold sneer on my lips.

我想象自己带着那顶羽毛头盔，手握铁剑，唇边挂着冷嘲。

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A iron sword with bronze handle was unearthed in a tomb of Shanrong culture in Yanqing, the age was about the early phase of medium-term of Spring and Autumn period.

延庆山戎文化墓出土了一枚铜柄铁刀，时代约与春秋中期早段相当。

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The next step leads us to the upper stage of barbarism the period when all civilized peoples have their heroic age : the age of the iron sword but also of the iron plowshare and ax.

下一步把我们引向野蛮时代高级阶段，一切文化民族都在这个时期经历了自己的英雄时代：铁剑时代，但同时也是铁犁和铁斧的时代。

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The large sword pommel is made from iron and inlaid with plaques of gold foil and is believed to be from an Anglo-Saxon sword.

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Eventually, sword makers started using iron, and when they discovered they could hammer carbon into the smelt, they'd make swords out of steel.

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