Obviously you would not put two thick steel plates on a sword to make the weapon better.
You would get one of better quality.
You could change the color and detail of the metal, make the blade look sharper, make it look a bit polished but without adding all that fancy decorative stuff.
Why would i want my sword's handguard to be gold even if i try to imagine it's just gold coated it does not fit my view of a medieval battlefield.
For hafted weapons like axes/maces and polearms, reinforcing specific parts like the ones you would mostly try to block with or like he already did i.e to the German Poleaxe, reinforcing parts that would most likely have to withstand the most force on a successful hit would make sense and looks nice.
Just an example:
Love the Long Maul, still like the German Poleaxe mostly, dislike the Great Long Axe in the middle because i see no point in carving and reducing the hilt diameter at multiple points (on both)
These things are made to endure really strong forces on impact and you would want them to be usable in combat as long as possible.
As i said before, don't get me wrong.
By now i am used to it and play with the pack and i will most likely just do slight adjustments to the textures for my personal taste.
For me it's just more into a WoW direction than the way this mod is aiming for which is why i was a bit disappointed.
Since no one is forced to use it there is no problem at all and and i will repeat i am looking forward to see the rest of it.
Keep up the good work.