Why did the Dunidain keep Narsil broken instead of having it reforged?

[Valandil]

Hehe... actually I was thinking more along the lines of who actually forged Glamdring and Orcrist and who specifically Orcrist belonged to. Given that it was the sister sword to the one wielded by the King of Gondolin I've always imagined it belonged somebody of note. Sadly we discussed this many moons ago and could come up with no answers.

For some reason, I was thinking it was Ecthelion. Don't know now if that was from something reliable, what someone else conjectured or if I just dreamed it up...

 

[Majimaune]

Hey I know that you might not think this is Masso but it sort of srewed up on me so i made new user.
In the council of elrond it says:

For the Sword that was Broken is the sword that Elendil broke beneth him when he fell. It has been treasured by he's heirs when all other heirlooms were lost; for it is spoken of old among us that it should be made again when the ring, Isildur's Bane, was found.

I really just answered my own question but I thought I would share it with you other people how posted.

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