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More or less, just a double check of rules I think I understand.
First, we have the weapon hardness and HP detailed on page 175 of the CRB. For example, a two-handed blade has 10 hardness and 10 HP. A one handed blade would have 10 hardness and 5 HP. Either would then gain +2 hardness and +10 HP for each +1 of magical enhancement.
Second, That HP value is for weapons sized for medium creatures. A Large weapon has double HP and a small weapon has half HP. Although not perfectly worded, I think the HP for this is halved or doubled BEFORE applying the magic enhancement bonus HP.
Third, for special materials, this modifies the base HP. For example, Cold Iron has 10 hardness and 30 HP per inch. Since Steel has 10 hardness and 10 HP per inch, we apply the same ratio to the One handed blade. So a Cold Iron One handed blade has 10 Hardness and 15 HP. A Cold Iron two handed blade has 10 hardness and 30 HP. Furthermore, a Small Cold Iron One Handed Blade would have 10 Hardness and 7 HP, and with +1 magical enhancement, would be 12 Hardness and 17 HP.
Conclusion: Small weapon users are screwed vs sunder....
This look right? Mostly review. It only recently occured to me that one of the other advantages of Oversized weapons is that they gain HP. In particular, taking a level dip in Titan Fighter so a character can wield oversized two-handed weapons, would go a long way to making your PC's weapons less likely to be sundered.
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Mostly right, but details wrong.
Cold Iron has 30hp/in and 10 hardness
Iron or Steel has 30hp/in and 10 hardness
Since Cold Iron and regular Iron or Steel all have the same hardness and hp rating, there is no change to the numbers in the table.
The table lists a medium weapon: One-handed blade has 5 hp and 10 hardness
Making it small: One-handed blade has 5/2 (=2) hp and 10 hardness
Enchanting it to +1 makes it 12 hp and 12 hardness.
Other options:
Get an 11th level wizard (minimum) to cast Hardening to add 5 to the hardness for 660 gp.
For 720 gp, a 12th level wizards adds 6 to the hardness.
For each 120 gp more, add to caster levels and one to the added hardness.
For 1000 gp, buy a Fortifying Stone for 5 more hardness and 20 more hp. However, the hp cannot be repaired. [I.e., once damaged, cannot get back and when the last one goes, the item is used up and no more bonus hardness.]
Adamantine has HP/inch 40 and Hardness 20
Angelskin has HP/inch 5 and Hardness 5
Chitin has HP/inch 8 and Hardness 4
Coral or Clamshell, Hardened has HP/inch 15 and Hardness 7
Crystal, Blood has HP/inch 10 and Hardness 10
Crystalline has HP/inch 5 and Hardness 20
Darkleaf Cloth has HP/inch 20 and Hardness 10
Darkwood has HP/inch 10 and Hardness 5
Dragonhide has HP/inch 10 and Hardness 10
Glass has HP/inch 1 and Hardness 1
Glassteel has HP/inch 30 and Hardness 10
Griffon Mane has HP/inch 4; and Hardness 1
Ice has HP/inch 3 and Hardness 0
Iron or steel has HP/inch 30 and Hardness 10
Iron, Cold has HP/inch 30 and Hardness 10
Iron, Primal has HP/inch 30 and Hardness: 10
Leather or hide has HP/inch 5 and Hardness 2
Living steel has HP/inch 35 and Hardness 15
Mithral has HP/inch 30 and Hardness 15
Mithral, Celestial has HP/inch 30 and Hardness 15
Paper or cloth has HP/inch 2 and Hardness 0
Rope has HP/inch 2 and Hardness 0
Silk, Aranea has HP/inch 5 and Hardness: 0
Silver, Alchemical has HP/inch 10; and Hardness 8
Silversheen has HP/inch 10 and Hardness 8
Steel, Chthonic has HP/inch 25 and Hardness 15
Stone has HP/inch 15 and Hardness 8
Waterwood has HP/inch 10 and Hardness 5
Whale Sinew has HP/inch 3 and Hardness 1
Whipwood has HP/inch 10 and Hardness 8
Wood has HP/inch 10 and Hardness 5
/cevah
Dotting for reference.