Man has used bronze to fashion hos tools, weapons and artifacts for towsand of years.  Hrder thna copper (its prime ingredient ), it is so fusible thta it was used for armamemnts as early as 3000 BC. It eas a substitution for quantity not for quality; iron was simple more readily available tahn bronze. And bronze  continued through the ages as the preferred metal for durable coins, bells, and some of man's greatest works of art.