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Davey Jones Relents Lost Treasure, The Sword of Blackbeard the Pirate Found

Posted by mistergroonk in History, USA on February 3, 2011

This man, Edward Teach, a.k.a. Blackbeard…

…was the master of dramatic presentation. Seriously, he could give Batman lessons.

Blackbeard cultivated a ferocious appearance to seem even more menacing: a long dark beard, numerous knives, swords and pistols strapped to his chest — even lighted fuses in his hair.

Now we have the remnants of his sword.

It’s one of the latest finds aboard the remains of the ship the Queen Anne’s Revenge, known at one time to be the flagship of Edward Teach, a.k.a. Blackbeard. The vessel ran aground on a North Carolina sandbar in 1718 and was abandoned; modern archaeologists have been excavating the shipwreck for more than a decade. The design and ornamentation of this newest discovery have led the researchers to believe it likely belonged to the notorious pirate himself.

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After Being Knighted, Terry Pratchett Created a ‘Thunderbolt Iron’ Sword

Posted by mistergroonk in Books, Just Freaking Neat on October 19, 2010

Add this to the list of things that makes Terry Pratchett an incredible, awesome man.

Pratchett, believing the sword would not truly be his own unless it was made from metal he had produced, found a field with deposits of iron ore near his home in Wiltshire, west of London.

He gathered the deposits and smelted the iron ore himself.
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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“.

Check out the sword below the cut.
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