This sounds too soft to me. Perhaps the haft is inlaid with silver? Or perhaps it is silver-steel, known also as mithril.
- 13.035 with a silver-hafted axe
“Silver-hilted” in an OED word, but silver-hafted is not.
This sounds too soft to me. Perhaps the haft is inlaid with silver? Or perhaps it is silver-steel, known also as mithril.
“Silver-hilted” in an OED word, but silver-hafted is not.
[…] the color silver meant a great deal to Tolkien – he often used it in compounds: silver-grey, silver-hafted, silver-steel. Most famously, it is used in clothing – whether with green or white, I posit […]
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