[TML] Personal Armor Noise was Re: Current USAF fleet

[Jerry W Barrington]

On 5/2/08 6:22 PM, "Tom B" <kaladorn at gmail.com> wrote:

> technological (for a long time, we had crappy crossbows and bows, but
> eventually standards of manufacture and quality arrived to allow mass
> manufacture of decent enough military weapons with good penetration)
> craft-oriented (In Japan, swords were made very particular ways, so
> they were very expensive...
OK, I agreed with basically everything you said, but this one bit.  Mass
production *doesn't* lead to better quality.  In fact, it usually takes
quality shortcuts.  There's a reason those handmade Japanese swords are so
famous...  :)