The quality of the steel was already such that it was light to begin with, while also being incredibly strong. Handy put this to the test with his own war hammer and was gratified to see that the chest plate did not deform under it. He still didn't plan on taking a hammer to the chest himself any time soon, but he was glad that if he did, it might only fracture a rib and not shatter the entire cage. What really sold him on the armour’s versatility were the proofing shots. Hammerstrike felt the need to do two after the first shot ricocheted and gave everyone a bit of a scare. Handy did not approve of being so close to a gunpowder weapon when his apprentices brought in a few arquebuses, but when the second shot, fired from the far side of the shop, was stopped dead in its tracks by the breastplate, Handy was well pleased. Hammerstrike boasted that the armour would probably stop a shot point blank, but Handy wasn't so confident in the man’s work that he’d bank on those words.