Being knighted confers upon you the right to own a sword (a holdover from an earlier era). Some knights take this more seriously than others.
When Sir Terry Pratchett was knighted, he dug up his own iron ore, learned to smelt, smelted the ore, added a bit of meteoric iron, learned to forge, and forged himself a Starmetal sword.
Just how cool can one person get?
Boru
When Sir Terry Pratchett was knighted, he dug up his own iron ore, learned to smelt, smelted the ore, added a bit of meteoric iron, learned to forge, and forged himself a Starmetal sword.
Just how cool can one person get?
Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson