Aveyard A., Cardwell J., Davison B. , Haggerty D. — Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, 2014. — 132 p. This project created a DVD supplement for European medieval martial arts study. Our DVD covers introductions into a variety of practices from the 14th century onwards, following in the footsteps of the medieval fencing masters. The intent of this DVD is to be used as...
Detroit, Palladium Book. 2002. — 52 p. — ISBN: 091621107X. It is a series of small sourcebooks that presents historically accurate data and information about ancient weapons from around the world.For use with any game system. You heard right. The statistical information is designed and set up in such a way that it can be applied to virtually any game system that uses dice. Much...
New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1929. — 379 p. This catalogue features daggers in numerous examples dating from the fourteenth to the eighteenth century and provides a history of not only the daggers in The Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection, but also the broader history of daggers in general. The illuminating text traces the dagger's development and mode of use...
New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1929. — 303 p. This volume describes and illustrates the group of court swords and hunting swords that form part of the collection of arms exhibited by The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The text describes the different types of swords and daggers and provides useful charts and illustrations that promote an understanding of the objects in...
A cura della Comisione Tecnica dell’Accademia Nazionale di Scherma, 2015. — 139 p. Di qualifica dedicato ai tecnici di scherma storica, il principio cardine da seguire per la valutazione dei candidati è sempre stato lo studio dei trattati originali, che costituiscono il fondamento tecnico dei cultori di tale disciplina, dato che il tecnico di scherma storica non può contare su...
DK Publishing, Inc., 2010. — 362 p. Showcasing more than 300 swords, knives, and daggers from over 3,000 years of history with stunning color photography, Knives and Swords is the perfect book for anyone with an interest in the history of edged weapons. From the finely crafted swords of the Japanese samurai to the brutal but functional bayonet of the World War I infantryman,...
Place of printing unknown, 2018. — 9 p. I’m always on the lookout for any item that is “Confederate” Maryland related or tells more about the story of the people that were “pro South”. So one day about 2 years ago, I came across a unique sword at a local shop. It was a rare US Model 1850 sword made by Canfield Brother & Company of Baltimore. Instantly I was intrigued as it was...
Gibb Memorial Trust Arabic Studies, 2012. — 200 p. One of the problems pervading the study of medieval Islamic technology is the lack of surviving technical treatises. Tradition tended to be handed down by example and by word of mouth, and apprenticeships could last for decades. Fortunately, however, occasional treatises do exist. The treatise "On swords and their kinds" was...
Bratislava: Slovart, 2001. — 136 p. — ISBN: 80-7145-396-X. História zbraní je stará ako ľudstvo samo. Ako prvé sa objavili bpdné, sešné a úderné zbrane, nazývané aj chladné zbrane. Prešli dramatickým vývojom. Ich tvar a forma boli spočiatku prísne účelové, v závislosti od stupňa vývoja spločnosti a ich použitia. História i legendy hovoria o zbraniach, ktoré mali svoje vlastné...
Kodansha International, 1987, ISBN: 087011798X, 167 p. Well over a thousand years old, the tradition of swordmaking in Japan is one of the most highly regarded metal crafts in the world. When all sword manufacture was prohibited in Japan for seven years after World War II, the age-old techniques were in danger of being lost forever. Today, in the hands of a new generation of...
Pen and Sword Military, 2011. — 494 p. This magnificent book tells the story of the evolution of swords, how they were made, how they were used, and the people that used them. It doesn't claim to give comprehensive coverage but instead takes certain surviving examples as landmarks on a fascinating journey through the history of swords. Each is selected because it can be linked...
Dorling Kindersley, 2010. — 360 p. — ISBN: 9780756656461. Knives and Swords is a highly visual gift book for anyone with an interest in the history of swords and other edged weapons. Split into five main chapters arranged by type, the book showcases more than 300 different weapons including swords, knives, daggers, bayonets, axes, and staff weapons in a catalog-style format....
Pen and Sword, 2016. — 224 p. The bayonet is an essential item of a soldier's kit even on today's modern hi-tech battlefield. This work examines the origins of this humble weapon and the'cult of the bayonet'as espoused by the Russian General Alexander Suvorov who asserted that “The bullet misses, the bayonet does not”. The first bayonets appeared in France in the early 17th...
Boydell Press, 2000. — 316 p. Forty years of intensive research into the specialised subject of the straight two-edged knightly sword of the European middle ages are contained in this study. Spanning the period from the great migrations to the Renaissance, Oakeshott emphasises the original purpose of the sword as an intensely intimate accessory of great significance and...
Introduction by Ewart Oakeshott. — Boydell Press, 2002. — 152 p. This beautifully illustrated work fills a gap in the literature in English on the swords made and used in northern Europe during the Viking age, between the mid eighth and the mid eleventh centuries. Ewart Oakeshott outlines the significance and diversity of these ancient heirlooms; co-author Ian Peirce, who...
Tokyo, Rutland, Vermont, Singapore: Tuttle Publishing., — 2014. — 176 p. — ISBN: 978-1-4629-1575-0. Historically, Japanese warriors considered their swords to be far greater than simple weaponry. Their swords were both lethal tools and divine companions — social and religious icons. Traditionally worn by the samurai as a sign of social status, the Japanese sword represented the...
Tokyo, Rutland, Vermont, Singapore: Tuttle Publishing., — 2014. — 176 p. — ISBN: 978-1-4629-1575-0. Historically, Japanese warriors considered their swords to be far greater than simple weaponry. Their swords were both lethal tools and divine companions — social and religious icons. Traditionally worn by the samurai as a sign of social status, the Japanese sword represented the...
London: Her Majesty's Stationary Office, 1963. Third impression, reprint from edition 1951. — 48 p. — ISBN: 0112900747. First published in October 1951, this illustrated booklet displays the significant collection of old-world Japanese arms (swords, blades and dirks) and armoury (iron guards, sword-furniture, helmets, various weapons and accoutrements...) held by the Victoria...
Runjeet Singh, 2015. — 132 p. — ISBN: 978-0993440908. Established and respected British dealer of Eastern Arms & Armour, Runjeet Singh, presents his first catalogue simply titled Arms & Armour from the East – Winter 2015. It contains 50 items for sale, of artistic and academic merit. Runjeet also hopes the publication will serve others in the field as a reference as well as a...
University of Oklahoma Press, 2005. — 120 p. Featuring 155 color photographs and illustrations, Native American Weapons surveys weapons made and used by American Indians north of present-day Mexico from prehistoric times to the late nineteenth century, when European weapons were in common use. Over thousands of years the weapons were developed and creatively matched to their...
Translated by Guy Windsor. 2013. — 115 p. De Arte Gladiatoria Dimicandi was written by Italian fencing master Filippo Vadi at some time between 1482 and 1487. It consists of an opening prologue describing the art of fencing followed by colored plates illustrating specific techniques for the longsword, dagger, pollaxe, spear and club. While much of what he describes closely...
Ottawa: Museum Restoration Service, 1964. — 47 p. — (Historical Arms Series No. 3). The development of bayonets and other accessories did not necessarily parallel the development of the arms with which they were associated. The determining factors in the selection of a bayonet have very little in common with those affecting the choice of a firearm; rather, they reflect the...
Tuttle Publishing, 2012. — 256 p. In "The Art of the Japanese Sword", master swordsmith Yoshindo Yoshihara offers a detailed look at the entire process of Japanese sword making, including the finishing and appreciation of Japanese blades. Japanese sword art stands out in many ways: functionality as a weapon, sophisticated metallurgy and metal smithing, the shape of the blade...
Tuttle Publishing, 2012. — 256 p. In "The Art of the Japanese Sword", master swordsmith Yoshindo Yoshihara offers a detailed look at the entire process of Japanese sword making, including the finishing and appreciation of Japanese blades. Japanese sword art stands out in many ways: functionality as a weapon, sophisticated metallurgy and metal smithing, the shape of the blade...
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