Perrotte frowned. “I’d like to turn a plowshare into a sword , ” she said. “I’d cut our way out of those thorns, and then use it to run my enemies through–” She bit off her next words and swallowed them. Sand stared at her, aghast. She met his eyes, defiant. “What? You don’t like bloodthirstiness?” she asked. “Pardon? No. I’m horrified that you would dull a sword on that thorn brake. I could make you some pretty good hedge shears. Merrie Haskell
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The idea of turning a plowshare into a sword is an old wives tale that claims that you can turn a piece of metal into a weapon by hammering it in a forge. This is not true and you can do no such thing. There is no way to turn a blade in the finish and in the process of doing so, you would destroy the blade.

Source: The Castle Behind Thorns

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