The idea is to make loot worth more than just a few tria, recycling of materials was probably MORE prevalent in medieval times due to scarcity of materials, limited skill base to manufacture goods and distance from resources so it would fit in with the world theme.  There are many ways it could be impleneted from the most difficult (a new skill for players) to the very simple (a NPC who can disassemble loot for a price), I prefer the last option not only for the ease of introduction but it also would act as a tria sink to mop up some of the excess tria floating around now that skills don't have to be bought.  I like some of Rigwyn's ideas on ways it could work and I am sure there are many more out there. The whole idea of posting this was NOT to just see if the dev's will implement but to get feedback on the pro's and con's of the idea so any issues could be addressed and thus make it a more polished concept for the dev's to evaluate.