A Visual Encyclopedia of Edged Weapons from around the world, including knives, daggers, bayonets, machetes and khanjars, with over 500 photographs
by
Dr Tobias Capwell
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2012
This comprehensive chronology takes you on a visual tour of sharp weapons throughout history: from the hand-held flints of the Stone Age, through to the civilian knives of modern times. There are intriguing blades from Africa and Asia, including the Japanese tanto and Sudanese throwing knives, the ceremonial...