What's a Knight without his magical sword?

[Aaron]

Terry Pratchett made himself a sword from meteorites.

[moose42]

You know what's really sad about all this?

This...

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."

[Aaron]

Sir Pratchett has, I believe, made his stance on weapon laws clear a few times. He has particular fun with the idiocy in Men at Arms.

[Jericho941]

Sir Pratchett has, I believe, made his stance on weapon laws clear a few times. He has particular fun with the idiocy in Men at Arms.

It's been years since I read one of the Discworld novels, but yeah, if memory serves, that was when the citizens of Ankh-Morpork got around the sword ban by rising up with gardening tools.

Seems he's going on strong in spite of the Alzheimers'.

[Aaron]

Naa, the citizens of Ankh-Morpork have been getting around the sword ban throughout the series. Men at Arms featured the first firearm on the Discworld. Which had a will of its own and made the owner kill people.

I imagine Sir Pratchett was in danger of pushing his tongue through his cheek while writing that.