Wooden in construction, and repellent to all evils in general, The fancy ones cost a ton, thought to repel all things spectral.

Before iron ruled and steel took hold, I forged the weapons heroes sold. The age of man once spoke my name, what am I, of ancient fame?

Quest word that I have to look up and learned something new today. An age-old method of communication using signal flags. The word's origin is Greek, meaning sign and carrier.

I rest on one eye, a circle of sight; A peanut once wore me, a tycoon might. One lens of class from another age’s role.

From the Czech Republic, my origins are west, though Prague is the capital known best. A country long forgotten, not tied to Parisian artists of notoriety, for they refused to comply with the rest.