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Mat
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| 12/01/2005 3:45 PM |
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I finally picked up a copy of it (2004 re-print, but a copy none-the-less!); I never realized how much could be written about edged weapons and hilt development. Rapiers and small-swords, the carrying of the sword in civilian dress, the development of the hilt, to drawings from period references; daggers, accessories like sword belts, sword knots; designers and makers, to decorations like engraving, etching and chiselling; suffice to say, it'll answer a lot of the things that I've been wanting too know about the history of these weapons!  |
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Dormouse
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| 12/01/2005 7:05 PM |
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I'd also recommend
European Weapons and Armour From the Renaissance to the Industrial Revolution by Ewart Oakeshott
Those two that oughta keep ya busy for a few minutes... 
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I humble myself before God, and there the list ends.
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