Cold Iron is Master of Them All, Barbs of Feathers

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Cold Iron 

GOLD is for the mistress - silver for the maid" -
Copper for the craftsman cunning at his trade! " 
" Good! " said the Baron, sitting in his hall,
But Iron - Cold Iron - is master of them all."

So he made rebellion 'gainst the King his liege, 
Camped before his citadel and summoned it to siege. 
" Nay! " said the cannoneer on the castle wall, 
" But Iron - Cold Iron - shall be master of you all! "

Woe for the Baron and his knights so strong,
When the cruel cannon-balls laid 'em all along; 
He was taken prisoner, he was cast in thrall,
And Iron - Cold Iron - was master of it all.

Yet his King spake kindly (ah, how kind a Lord!) 
" What if I release thee now and give thee back thy sword? " 
" Nay! " said the Baron, " mock not at my fall, 
For Iron - Cold Iron - is master of men all."

" Tears are for the craven, prayers are for the clown
Halters for the silly neck that cannot keep a crown." 
" As my loss is grievous, So my hope is small,
For Iron - Cold Iron - must be master of men all! "

Yet his King made answer (few such Kings there be!)
" Here is Bread and here is Wine - sit and sup with me.
Eat and drink in Mary's Name, the whiles I do recall 
How Iron - Cold Iron - can be master of men all."

He took the Wine and blessed it. He blessed and brake the Bread
With His own Hands He served Them, and presently He said:
" See! These Hands they pierced with nails, outside My city wall, 
Show Iron - Cold Iron - to be master of men all. "

" Wounds are for the desperate, blows are for the strong.
Balm and oil for weary hearts all cut and bruised with wrong.
I forgive thy treason - I redeem thy fall 
For Iron Cold Iron - must be master of men all! "

'Crowns are for the valiant - sceptres for the bold!
Thrones and Powers for mighty men who dare to take and hold!' 
" Nay! " said the Baron, kneeling in his hall,
" But Iron - Cold Iron - is master of men all!
Iron out of Calvary is master of men all! " 

Names of Famous Swords through History, Barbs of Feathers

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A rapier named Needle for Arya Stark

A longsword named Longclaw for Jon Snow

A twin tipped sayf named Zulfiqar for Ali

but a ninja knows tools are as dead as enemies

Another longsword named Excalibur for a king, Arthur in England

Another pair like Musashi named Colada and Tizona for El Cid Campeador in Spain

but a ninja knows tools are as dead as enemies

Kusanagi-no-tsurugi (grass cutting sword), originally called ame-no-murakumo-no-tsurugi (Sword of the Gathering Clouds in Heaven) in Japan, owner unknown

but a ninja knows tools are as dead as enemies

Charlemagne's Joyeuse in Ardeche and Durandal for his paladin Roland. A Song for Roland, angels delivered it.They might as well have.

Legbiter for a viking king Magnus II, ivory hilt

but a ninja knows tools are as dead as enemies

Shamshir-e-Zomorrodnegar, for the persian legend Amir Arsalan. He was a traditional and ate no pork. A horned beast Fulad-zereh has skin invincible to every other karambit knife.

King Solomon's jinns made it carefully, carefully guarded by the same beast.

It also nullified the evil eye of enemies.

but a ninja knows tools are as dead as enemies

And Wallace's sword for FREEDOM! FREEDOM!

He led a resistance against the English during the Wars of Scottish Independence. Prima Nocte burned his blood when they came for his wife after his wedding night.

But even still, a ninja knows tools are as dead as enemies

Marie Kondo greets their living rooms, folded hands in knees, and jaws drop in adoration. They didn't see how Muhammad named every thing he owned. You're never lonely among friends.

al-Ma’thur, also known as “Ma’thur al-Fijar” came before verses in Mecca. Al-Rasub was a sword reserved by Sherif's cousins in the topkapi museum.***

Al-Battar was another sword that means "sword of the prophets" and it's inscribed in Arabic the names of David, Solomon, Moses, Aaron, Joshua, Zechariah, John, Jesus, and Muhammad. It also has a drawing of King David when cut off the head of Goliath to whom this sword had belonged originally.

a ninja knows tools are as dead as enemies - Musashi wrote it in his Book of Five Rings, preferring the art to dead art tools.

Muhammad knew swords are as alive as enemies, thirsty.

Sherif has many teeth swords. A Narwhal rapier lance named Long Tooth is almost as tall as he is, 5"6 - a blunted dagger with inscriptions that remind of Al-battar. Let’s not forget the replica of Longclaw by Jay Joo, a skilled blacksmith.

"But Iron - Cold Iron - is master of them all." cackles a dragon named Daniel Parent, sky blue in scale color, echoing the Kipling society.

Aladdin’s commentary:

*** Look at Prophet Muhammad's sword almathur - how he would have adored the serpent's / dragon's jeweled eyes. Did you even know him? Does any of us? How he named it and cherished it and prayed with it kept close, how angels would have been near guarding it. How jinn would have wanted to destroy it. What do you know about him really? Many think that Islam is anti-art. Did they not see Solomon and how he used a powerful jinn army to make statues and basins and art?