User blog comment:XvLIGHTNINGvx/Skyrim's Weapons Will Not Degrade Over Time/@comment-4360962-20110828223720/@comment-66.139.123.129-20111023044932

Better realism would be the damage not going down until it's broken, and then still being able to equip it, but having it do less damage...oh, and instead of using repair hammers, having to use a forge, or just plain getting a new blade on the hilt, or a new sword.