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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

A comprehensive history and visual directory to more than 500 sharp-edged weapons and blades from around the world, with over 600 stunning colour photographs

The polearms used by pikemen constituted the first stage of a military revolution that would force a change in the tactics of warfare. The pike, a two-handed po

Since the first sharpened tools used by early man over a million years ago, edged weapons have developed and evolved into many forms. They are now valued the wo