Fully illustrated throughout with photographs and art reproductions, this is a unique survey of a vast body of superb craftsmanship.
Offers a complete, full-color history of swords, knives, daggers, machetes, axes, and other blades.
This book is about the history of swords and daggers throughout the world, but it is intended to be more than a history of the shapes and forms of the artefact.
Swords and Hilt Weapons
A guide to nearly 4000 years of sword making from the Bronze Age to World War II. On the basis of technical excellence and cultural significance, emphasis is given to European, Islamic and Japanese weapons.