Neatorama » Terry Pratchett http://www.neatorama.com The Neat Side of the Web Wed, 15 Feb 2012 07:57:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Discworld Amigurumi http://www.neatorama.com/2011/02/21/discworld-amigurumi/ http://www.neatorama.com/2011/02/21/discworld-amigurumi/#comments Tue, 22 Feb 2011 01:05:08 +0000 John Farrier http://www.neatorama.com/?p=42233

June Gilbank made a crocheted presentation of Discworld in the amigurumi style. When Sir Terry Pratchett saw this work, he commented “Well, if you’re going to crochet Discworld then that’s the way to do it!”

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]]> http://www.neatorama.com/2011/02/21/discworld-amigurumi/feed/ 3 Sir Terry Pratchett Made a Sword from Scratch out of a Meteorite http://www.neatorama.com/2010/09/20/sir-terry-pratchett-made-a-sword-from-scratch-out-of-a-meteorite/ http://www.neatorama.com/2010/09/20/sir-terry-pratchett-made-a-sword-from-scratch-out-of-a-meteorite/#comments Mon, 20 Sep 2010 14:26:55 +0000 John Farrier http://www.neatorama.com/?p=36207 Discworld author Terry Pratchett was knighted by Queen Elizabeth two years ago. At the time, he lamented that the title didn’t come with a sword. So he decided to make his own, mining and smelting the ore himself, adding to it iron from meteorites. With professional guidance, Pratchett personally forged the sword:

With help from his friend Jake Keen — an expert on ancient metal-making techniques — 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 fuelled with damp sheep manure.

Pratchett, who has Alzheimer’s disease, also said he had thrown in “several pieces of meteorites — thunderbolt iron, you see — highly magical, you’ve got to chuck that stuff in whether you believe in it or not”.

After days of hammering the metal into bars, he took it to a blacksmith, whom he helped to shape it into a blade, which was finished with silverwork.

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]]> http://www.neatorama.com/2010/09/20/sir-terry-pratchett-made-a-sword-from-scratch-out-of-a-meteorite/feed/ 4 Terry Pratchett Knighted http://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/31/terry-pratchett-knighted/ http://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/31/terry-pratchett-knighted/#comments Wed, 31 Dec 2008 22:41:41 +0000 John Farrier http://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/31/terry-pratchett-knighted/ You may now refer to the Discworld author as “Sir Terry”, although he regrets that the honor did not come with a sword.

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