experimental aphorism the King's sword

waste no time admiring and worshipping the sharp swords of ancient statesmen and Kings, young man!
these are bought with Gold, and if it is the sharpness of Craft you are after.
steal it and make many forgeries. but all of them would be pointless. test them by their abuse till they shatter. be the smith that forges swords that cut even unnecessary things.
until you can forge a sword that can cut everthing all the time without being dull. thats when the smith may craft the sheath.
a sword is meaningless without being used to the point of being broken.