Dear Mr. Cornwell: I came across this quite funny incident and thought I would share it with you. In watching the first installment of the Lord of the Rings, there is a scene where Boromir (Sean Bean aka Richard Sharpe) sees the shards of Narsil and picks up the hilt piece, touches the blade edge and is surprised to draw his own blood. He mutters “still sharp after all these years…” Sharp(e) indeed!
Robert Draper