Terry Pratchett's Self-Made Meteorite Sword

jamie writes "Fantasy author Sir Terry Pratchett says he was so excited after being knighted by the Queen that he decided to make his own sword to equip himself for his new status... the author dug up 81kg of ore and smelted it in the grounds of his house, using a makeshift kiln built from clay and hay and fueled with damp sheep manure."

Comments

fire is cool

[digitalsushi]

This past weekend I put a huge steel ninja sword I got for 12 bucks into a campfire we were having, and it glowed red after a short few minutes. I easily bent it into a full U shape.

This simple, moronic drunken act made me feel connected to countless other drunken, moronic ancestors before me, all equally intruigued by how fire is able to temporarily confuse physics. I suppose this is why alchemy makes sense, since some form of math has to work inside of a fire. Still, I felt very enlightened to hold one of the four elements so close to my will and desires.

Re:Of all the authors out there

[tophermeyer]

Apostrophes.

Elegant weapons for a more civilized time.

Re:It's made of magic

[lxs]

Is "I'm looking for the man who killed my father" a valid reason in Spain?

Re:It's made of magic

[balbord]

That reason is inconceivable.