Download or read book Discovering Edged Weapons written by John Wilkinson-Latham and published by Shire Publications. This book was released on 2009-09-22 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book traces the development of cutting, thrusting and slashing weapons in all their forms - sword, knife, dagger, arrow, spear, axe, halberd, pike, etc. - from the primitive flints of the Stone Age, through the ancient and medieval periods, to the ornate duelling weapons of the eighteenth century and the elaborate presentation swords of the twentieth century. Also included are sections on the weapons of Japan and of countries where edged weapons have only more recently given way to the gun. Prominence is given to those weapons that are most likely to be encountered in antique shops or even in the attic, and each section is packed with line illustrations and photographs.
Download or read book Knives Swords and Bayonets written by Martina Sprague and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-06-09 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the history of edged weapons in Europe, Asia, Africa, the Americas, and the Middle East and surrounding areas before gunpowder increased the distance between combatants. It takes a critical look at the relationship between the soldier, his weapon, and the social and political mores of the times; examines the historical background and metallurgic science of the knife, sword, or bayonet respectively; and explores the handling characteristics and combat applications of each weapon. The book is written for those with an interest in exploring the historical beginnings of edged weaponry, how edged weapons have been used in war in different parts of the world, and the value the soldier attached to his weapon. Military, social, and political history is discussed. Although more than one-hundred photos and illustrations are represented, arms collectors or others with detailed interest in the finer points of weaponsmithing may want to look for books that are more heavily illustrated. The book comprises the full series of ten previously published shorter book on specialized edged weapons and regions, each of which can also be purchased separately: 1. Kukris and Gurkhas: Nepalese Kukri Combat Knives and the Men Who Wield Them 2. Machete, Kris, and Throwing Iron: Edged Weapons of Latin America, Indonesia, and Africa 3. Cold Steel: The Knife in Army, Navy, and Special Forces Operations 4. Japanese Swords: The Katana and Gunto in Medieval and Modern Japanese Warfare 5. Chinese Swords: The Evolution and Use of the Jian and Dao 6. Yatagan, Khanda, and Jamdhar: Swords and Sabers of Persia and India 7. Sickle Sword and Battle Axe: Edged Weapons of Ancient Egypt 8. Gladius and Spatha: Swords and Warfare in the Classical World 9. Longsword and Saber: Swords and Swordsmen of Medieval and Modern Europe 10. Pike, Halberd, and Bayonet: Sharp Weapons in Near Modern and Modern Warfare
Download or read book Collecting the Edged Weapons of the Third Reich written by Thomas M. Johnson and published by . This book was released on 1994-07-01 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Collectors Guide to Ames U S Contract Military Edged Weapons 1832 1906 written by Ron G. Hickox and published by . This book was released on 1984-01 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Pattern written by Bruce a. Brookhart and published by . This book was released on 2012-07 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bruce Brookhart developed a deep fascination of how swords where used historically at an early age. He began a lifelong study of history from the Copper Age to the Renaissance to discover the art of sword combat. As a natural extension of his love for edged weaponry, Brookhart was employed for 20 years by Museum Replicas Limited crafting fine reproductions of historic edged weapons. Throughout his 50 years of studying edged weapons, Brookhart hit upon a profoundly accessible method of training with edged weapons. For the first time, Bruce Brookhart shares The Pattern in this fully illustrated guide to edged weapon training. You'll learn basic techniques historically used to improve speed and skill with edged weapons. The Pattern also teaches the tactics used by the men and women of the sword that kept them alive to fight another day. Finally, this volume presents a guide to how to identify and care for edged weapons in your collection. This text is designed as a historical guide and for informational purposes only. Please act responsibly and legally where edged weapons are concerned.
Download or read book Knives written by James Marchington and published by Potomac Books. This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the outdoorsman or soldier, a knife is not a luxury, it is a necessity. One of man's most basic tools, a knife can gather and prepare food, build and tend a fire, create a shelter and signal for rescue; and when the chips are down, it will do duty as a lethal close combat weapon. Knives: Military Edged Tools & Weapons covers the whole range of blades available to the modern soldier, from fighting knives and bayonets, through combat and survival knives, to the versatile multi-tools and folders, not forgetting special purpose blades such as the machete, special forces shovel, combat tomahawk and even the assegai. It is often erroneously thought that these knives are designed solely for killing; this book seeks to show that they are in fact truly multi-purpose tools.
Download or read book Avar Age Polearms and Edged Weapons written by Gergely Csiky and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2015-09-17 with total page 561 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Avar-Age Polearms and Edged Weapons, Gergely Csiky offers a presentation of close combat weapons of a nomadic population that migrated from Inner Asia to East-Central Europe. During the late 6th – early 7th centuries, the Avars led successful military campaigns against the Balkan realms of the Byzantine Empire, facilitated by their cavalry’s use of stirrups for the first time in Europe. Besides the classification, manufacturing techniques, fittings, suspension, distribution, and chronology of polearms and edged weapons known from Avar-age burials, a special emphasis is laid on the origins and cultural contacts of these weapons, among them the first edged weapons with curved blades: the sabres. The social significance and, function of these artefacts is discussed in order to place them in nomadic warfare.
Download or read book Edged Weapons a Collector s Guide written by Frederick J. Stephens and published by Hippocrene Books. This book was released on 1977-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Edge of the Sword written by Anthony Farrar-Hockley and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2007-11-15 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An account of the 1st Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment, at the Battle of Imjin River during the Korean War and the survivors’ captivity in a POW camp. In April 1951, at the height of the Korean War, Chinese troops advanced south of the 38th parallel towards a strategic crossing-point of the Imjin River on the invasion route to the South Korean capital of Seoul. The stand of the 1st Battalion, the Gloucestershire Regiment, against the overwhelming numbers of invading troops has since passed into British military history. In The Edge of the Sword General, Sir Anthony Farrar-Hockley, then Adjutant of the Glosters, has painted a vivid and accurate picture of the battle as seen by the officers and soldiers caught up in the middle of it. The book does not, however, end there. Like the majority of those who survived, the author became a prisoner-of-war, and the book continues with a remarkable account of his experiences in and out of Chinese prison camps. This book is not an attempt at a personal hero-story, and it is certainly not a piece of political propaganda. It is, above all, an amazing story of human fortitude and high adventure.
Download or read book Weapon written by and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2016-05-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the origin, design, range, and function of arms including stone axes, swords, machine-guns, and sniper rifles, and meet the warriors who wielded them. An epic, 4,000-year illustrated volume, Weapon: A Visual History of Arms and Armor traces the evolution of the entire spectrum of weaponry through stunning photography and authoritative coverage. All the major arms through the ages including edged weapons, clubs, projectiles, and firearms can be found in the guide. This comprehensive book covers ancient Egyptian axes, bows, and spears of early societies in Africa, Oceania, and the Americas, and guns and missiles of modern infantry forces. Richly detailed catalogs showcase many weapons at their actual size, outlining the timeframe, weight, size, and country of origin to create comprehensive fact files. Also profiled are the world’s top fighting forces, from the ancient Greek hoplites to today's US Navy Seals. Created in association with the Smithsonian Institution, this weapon encyclopedia presents in vivid detail the tools that have been at the cutting edge of history, helping determine the rise of kingdoms and the fall of empires.
Download or read book Weapon written by DK and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006-10-02 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Weapon: A Visual History of Arms and Armor is an epic 4,000-year illustrated story of weaponry. From stone axes to heavy machine-guns, swords to sniper rifles, discover the innovative design, range, lethal function and brutal history of arms and armor, and meet the warriors who wielded them. Weapon includes all the important arms from the ages, covering edged weapons, clubs, projectiles and firearms from ancient Egyptian axes, through bows and spears of traditional societies in Africa, Oceania and the Americas, to the machine-guns and missiles of modern infantry forces. Key weapons from every era are presented in sharp detail and the mechanisms that operate them are displayed and explained. Top fighting forces, from the Greek hoplite to the Navy Seal are profiled, and the weapons they have wielded and the tactics and fighting methods they've used are revealed.
Download or read book Clandestine Edged Weapons written by William Windrum and published by . This book was released on 2002-07 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book outlines in detail, with photographs, the little known edged weapons developed for clandestine agents carried and used during secret missions.
Download or read book Edged Weapons of the Third Reich 1933 1945 written by Frederick John Stephens and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Medieval Longsword written by Neil Grant and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-06-25 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The formidable European longsword – featuring a double-edged straight blade in excess of 40in, and capable of being used with one or both hands – remains one of the most impressive and distinctive edged weapons of the late medieval era. Also known as the 'bastard' sword and the 'hand-and-a-half' sword, the longsword evolved from the war swords and great swords of the 14th century, and emerged as a battlefield weapon in the early stages of the Hundred Years' War. It went on to become a key weapon on the battlefields of late medieval Europe, creating a new system of sword fighting. Drawing together period sources, modern technical analysis and his own experiences with the longsword, Neil Grant explores the origins, manufacture and evolving use of this iconic late-medieval edged weapon. Illustrated throughout with specially commissioned full-colour artwork and an array of period illustrations and close-up photographs, this is the enthralling story of one of late-medieval Europe's most distinctive and deadly close-combat weapons.
Download or read book Collector s Guide to Ames U S Contract Military Edged Weapons written by Ron G. Hickox and published by Pioneer Press. This book was released on 1992-06-01 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Naked Edge written by Steve Tarani and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is the "Contact Connection"? Why is your skill in controlling the Contact Connection the single most important aspect of surviving any edged weapon attack? What's the best way to defend yourself against any edged weapon attack? Steve Tarani, the nation's number one law enforcement Contact Weapons Defensive Tactics trainer, steps into the civilian training community and shares with you the surprising answers to what it takes to survive an edged weapon attack at close quarters in the street with your bare hands. Emerging from the dark confusion of endless styles and systems of "knife fighting" and "edged weapons training" - The Naked Edge shines brilliantly as an easily accessible training reference for those seeking simple yet effective personal defense against edge weapon attacks at close quarters. Beginning with a rock-solid foundation and philosophy based on tried-in-the-field research and gleaned from vast pools of knowledge of modern-day Filipino, Indonesian and Malaysian weapons masters, this material covers the anatomy of an edged weapon attack, training drills and techniques for carrying and deployment, stances, grips, how to gain both mechanical advantage and superior position in empty-hand defense against a knife attack, defending against long and close range attacks, defense and disarming at extreme close quarters (ECQ) and the best kept secret of all -- the edged weapon attack survival formula used by law enforcement, executive protection and security personnel nationwide.
Download or read book Guns and Ammo Guidebook to Knives and Edged Weapons written by and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
