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Originally Posted by HarryT

That's certainly not true. There's no law against owning swords. I have several!

Well, I must have misunderstood those articles that were written about the awesome Sir Terry and his sword.

http://www.news.com.au/technology/te...-1225926584339

Pratchett has stored the sword, which he completed last year, in a secret location, apparently concerned about the authorities taking an interest in it.

He said: "It annoys me that knights aren’t allowed to carry their swords. That would be knife crime."

Here is picture of the sword
http://www.paulkidby.com/news/apr2010.html


http://www.paulkidby.com/news/dimbleby.html

I have also been able to write two more books, which my PA insists I tell you were bestsellers, had a stone bridge built over the stream in my garden, have been kissed by Joanna Lumley and after being, astonishingly, Knighted, subsequently made, with the help of knowledgeable friends, a sword – doing it the hard way, by first digging the iron ore out of the ground and smelting it in the garden. Of course, I shall never be able to take it out on the street, because such is the decay of our society that not even Knights can carry their swords in public. But who could ask for anything more? Except for, maybe, another kiss from Joanna Lumley.

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news...Heavenly-Sword

The finished product, seen at right, is clearly a beautiful work of art. However, the author has stored the weapon in a secret location for the time being, mainly because he's concerned that the authorities will have a problem with him possessing a sword. According to Sir Pratchett, "It annoys me that knights aren't allowed to carry their swords. That would be knife crime."

http://boingboing.net/2010/09/20/ter...hett-make.html


Note to michaelryannh:
Sir Terry needed to use 81 kilograms (170 pounds) of iron ore just to make one small and simple sword you see in pictures linked above. He also talks about hammering and hammering and more hammering needed to turn that smelted iron into steel, that he then took to a sword master to help him make it into a sword.

EDIT:
Here is the video of Sir Terry making a sword
http://blip.tv/al-focus/terry-pratch...speech-2606948