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[Hyperturtle]

At first I thought perhaps lots of kills racked up on Urist's spear was a good reason to take a liking to it.

But a recruit in the hospital with the only battle experience of being tenderized, he became attached to his shield...

[Ethereal.Frog]

It probably protected him from being mashed into a bloodier pulp.
I'd take a liking to sheet of iron if it prevented me from being mashed into bloody pulp.

Or maybe he crushed a goblins skull with it when you weren't looking, and decided that that was awesome so he should keep the shield and covet it forever.

[Dave Mongoose]

I think it may be a bit of both, like strange moods: once a dwarf has been equipped with an item for X days, there's a Y chance of him becoming attached to it.

If it was just a timer then they would grow attached to all of their gear in a short space of time (depending on when they equipped it all).

I would think that it is influenced by personal preferences as well, so a dwarf that likes bismuth bronze will have more chance to grow attached to a bismuth bronze short sword (for example).

Then again... it makes sense that a dwarf who ended up in hospital wouldn't want to give up his shield! lol.

[TurkeyXIII]

But a recruit in the hospital with the only battle experience of being tenderized, he became attached to his shield...

Attached how?  It may have to be surgically removed...

[tieme]

I don't think it's directly related to combat use because I've had dwarves in my squad grow attached to gear that has never seen combat.  They have only done training drills with it on.

[CognitiveDissonance]

In my experience, dwarves going through harsh times tend to do that.

The only time I had a dwarf grow attached to something is when he was Unhappy (or worse). It seems to be a dwarf grief technique.