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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;the blacksmith, post: 9440649, member: 20148&quot;]Great and very informative thread!</p><p><br /></p><p>In my own area of arms and armour, and especially edged weapons, my favourite basic book for edged weapons is <b>A Pictorial History of Swords &amp; Bayonets</b>, by R. J. Wlkinson-Latham. I bought this book as a young teenager when it first came out in 1973, and I had just starting collecting seriously. It was the best £3.50 I have ever invested! It was very expensive for me at the time, but I have always been thankful that I did so. 88 pages of text, and over 300 B&amp;W plates showing many of the edged weapons of the world. Highly recommended as perhaps the best basic guide to the subject.</p><p>ISBN: 0 7110 0394 7.&nbsp; Published by Ian Allen Ltd. 1973.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]438781[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>If you want to know what you possibly may have , here is a good place to start!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>On bayonets, which are a particular interest of mine, the best reference book out there in my opinion is <b>Bayonets of the World </b>, by Paul Kiesling. 670 pages with thousands of line drawings of many of the worlds bayonets, listed by country alphabetically, together with relative details, measurements, marks, scabbards etc. This mammoth edtion was first published between 1972 –1978 in four parts, but this is the updated and complete version. One of the most important refernce works on the subject. If you have a bayonet and do not know what it is, there is a guide in the book listed by length, which is a good place to start</p><p>ISBN: 978-90-70987-05-3. Published by S.I.Publications BV. 2009</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]438782[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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