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I also noticed something a while ago.

In the beginning of DR when Rand first comes out, (I don't know where he was) he sees Lan sharpening his sword.

RJ said like a million times that the sword was Aes Sedai made, and no matter what you do, it does not need sharpening EVER.

Now, maybe he was just bored, but Lan isn't quite the type who would do something that he knows isn't necessary. xD

I just came across this! Although it is at the very end of TGH, not DR. :)

But that makes it worse because at the beginning of TGH Lan is the one who tells Rand those swords don't need sharping and it is a fool's errand. I can be more forgiving of cross-book mistakes but within the same novel?! :)

 

Wow, go figure! Maybe there's some other meaning to it? Because that would be kind of silly?

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I'm wondering if maybe Lan was doing it for, I don't want to say comfort because it is Lan and all, but just a way to relieve stress? That is the only thing I can think of, well that and maybe he was just cleaning it and Rand thought he was sharping it but that sounds like a pretty weak excuse.

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Maybe it was his spare sword?

For some reason I find the idea of Lan having a spare sword really funny. :)

 

Me too, lol. Lan's spare sword is his hands! He'll tear a man apart ;). Well...with that thought, I suppose he even has a third backup sword :)

 

Other than author-oversight, it probably would be a form of stress-relief. A man who is basically a sword himself probably has very few things that would qualify as any kind of 'fun'.

 

Maybe it's just to "stay in practice". You know, how if you don't do something, you become lazy and what not. So he does it to help keep in routine with being a swordsmen? (That was poorly put, but I think you all know what I mean). But that wouldn't quite fit either.

 

I have to agree with Sazh, I think your idea makes the most sense. He was doing it to relieve stress.

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