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The book of swords

Author: Hank Reinhardt
Publisher: Riverdale, N.Y. : Baen Pub. Enterprises ; New York : Distributed by Simon & Schuster, ©2009.
Edition/Format:   Book : English
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Drawing on information from grave excavations, illustrations of battle scenes, and many classical and medieval literary sources, this book discusses how contemporaries showed swords were used and illustrates not only the beautiful form of the sword, but also its beauty of function.
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Hank Reinhardt
ISBN: 9781439132814 143913281X 9781439132821 1439132828
OCLC Number: 276818902
Description: x, 235 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents: Copper and bronze --
Iron and steel --
Design and geometry of swords --
Wounds and the effects of swords --
The viking and early medieval sword --
The fighting milieu in the viking and early middle ages --
European swords: the rapier and the smallsword --
European swords: the saber --
European two-handed swords --
Eastern swords: the katana --
Easter two-handed swords --
Exotic blades; African swords and the kukri and its origins --
Basics of cutting --
Fighting with the sword.
Responsibility: Hank Reinhardt.
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