Arnold Schwarzenegger Uses His Conan the Barbarian Sword to Open First Box of Copies of His New Book

Arnold Schwarzenegger relied on the iconic prop to launch his new book.

On Monday, Schwarzenegger, 76, shared a video on Instagram of himself using the sword from his 1982 film. Conan the Barbarian to break the seal on a package containing copies of his book Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life.

“I got my first box of books, so I brought the whole crew to look through them,” he wrote in the description of his post. The video also features Schwarzenegger showing copies of the book to his beloved pets, including Whiskey the miniature pony, Lulu the donkey, and Schnelly the pig.

“Fantastic. Yes, Be usefulit’s out!” Schwarzenegger said in the video. “First package full of boxes [of] Be usefulit’s out!”

“Look at this Lulu, isn’t it exciting? Whiskey, look at this,” he said then showing a copy of the book to the animals gathered around him. “Even I need a cookie for that one,” he added, feeding the animals – and himself – cookies from the table where the box was placed.

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Conan the Barbarian was one of the early successes of the bodybuilder-turned-actor in Hollywood. The John Milius-directed film was the 15th highest-grossing film of that year at the domestic box office. Schwarzenegger reprized the role from 1984 Conan the destroyer.

Schwarzenegger Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life hits the bookshelves next Tuesday. The book takes its title from a phrase Schwarzenegger’s father used to say growing up in Austria — an edict he also shared while parenting his five children.

Arnold Schwarzenegger poses with copies of his book ‘Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life’.

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“They have very funny stories today,” Schwarzenegger recently told PEOPLE, when asked how his children — Katherine, 33, Christina, 32, Patrick, 30, and Christopher, 26, with ex Maria Shriver, and Joseph, 26, with Mildred Baena — felt they were told to “be useful” like children.

“Katherine is coming with Lyla [her 3-year-old daughter with her husband, actor Chris Pratt], and she says, ‘Lyla, I already told you not to put your shoes in there. You don’t leave them there by the mantelpiece, because you know what dad did when I left my shoes there twice? The third time he burned them in front of me, and I cried,’ Schwarzenegger recalled.

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Arnold Schwarzenegger with his pet miniature pony Whiskey (left) and donkey Lulu (right).

Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Instagram

“The same as with Patrick. The first story I would tell you is [when he didn’t make his own bed], I opened the balcony door, picked up the mattress and threw it down with the sheets, the pillows, everything,” he added. “So there were certain moments where I disciplined. Maria brought balance, but she was also very disciplined, especially at school. Funny enough, this kind of stuff is what they bring up all the time 1696395110 with a huge laugh and talking other people as a joke.”

Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life is out on October 10th and is now available for pre-order on amazon.com.

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