Swords
People often ask me why I write about pirates, but it just seems very obvious to me: I love ships and boats, I love history, and I love swords.
I always have. I started fencing when I was eleven, and I read as many books about swords and fencing as I could (the best ones were Ronald Welch's books about the Carey family, who all seemed to be expert swordsmen).
Here's the sword I bought as a present for myself, to celebrate publishing the Swashbuckler! books.
posted by Kelly Gardiner at 11:34 am
2 Comments:
have you got any guns
Hi,
I don't have any guns. You have to get a special licence to collect guns, and lock them up in a cupboard so nobody can accidentally shoot themselves - or anyone else.
I don't like modern guns. They give me the creeps. But I wish I had some old flintlock pistols, and maybe a musket like they used in the 18th century: not for shooting, but because they are really beautiful pieces of craftsmanship. Like swords (or cups or clothes or coins) you can sense their history.
Sadly, they cost a fortune! I'll just have to keep looking at them in museums instead.
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