.... That I won't disagree with.
Operation: Kill every fucking thief dumb enough to come on my property (Name needs some work) Has been a sucess so far. 4 dead thieves, 4 knives, and 4 sets of kobold undies to sell to the year one caravan, thanks to having my hebalists and fisherdorfs in an "Emergency Response" squad (basically if something pops out on 'em I can imediatly issue a kill order to the closest one. Worked great so far.)
Oh, and fisherdorf went fey and made a fancy mudstone amulet. Woop dee do. Masterwork nest boxes and hives! Pleh.
First recruit grew up. She's been inducted due to her will power and spatial sense. Going to need alot of physical conditioning to bring her up to snuff compared to her younger sister and brother, who are both tough and agile with above average kinisthetic sense.
Which is funny cause masterwork copper weapons are more than a match for anything goblins have. Yes I tested it.
I imagine that's just the masterwork multipliers. Outfitting your militia with heavy copper armor and dull copper blades is a great way to let them know you hate them.
Eh probably, but hell, would you rather have wooden sticks (no, not weapon traps. Those are invalid here) or copper swords? Copper swords please.
EDIT: Winter appearently begins before early winter here and ends before early spring. Also my herbalists are either very strong or kobolds are stupidly flimsy. And the one in charge of the emergency response team seems to enjoy breaking people's left wrist. (three thieves ina row, he broke thier left wrist first every single time.)