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Post by likehotbutter on Nov 30, 2018 5:09:54 GMT
Hey all, time to refresh the library for my new house does anyone have any experience or review on the books below by Janusz Jarosławski? januszjaroslawski.pl/ksiazki.htmlAlso seeking recommendations for other sword books +places to grab them currently British: I assume Robson's and Dellars? French: l'Hoste? Cheers
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Post by Uhlan on Nov 30, 2018 8:07:11 GMT
I have: l'Hoste - Resek: Les sabres - Editions du Portail. Very good for the price. l'Hoste - Buigne: Armes Blanches: Symbolisme, inscriptions, marquages, fourbisseurs, manufactures. ISBN 2 - 86551 - 041 - 7. Price Euro 40. Much better insight in French gouverment stamps. Also stamps of smaller local forges + Italian and Spanish stamps. Fantastic for the price. l'Hoste: Les epees - ISBN 2 - 2 - 86551 - 035 - 2. Euro 52. From rapiers and Walloons up to anything small sword. Wealth of info. Very good. Richard H. Bezdek: German swords and sword makers. ISBN 13 - 978 - 1 -58160 - 057 - 5. Very good for the price. Jiri Protiva: Pallasche der Habsburger Monarchie. ISBN 978 - 80 - 86783 - 37 - 6. Got this one from Ebay. He has more titles. Books about Austrian stuff are hard to find and expensive. This one may not be the holy grail, but is very good for the price. Never knew there where so many Austrian Cavalry Pallasch models. E. Andrew Mowbray: The American Eagle-Pommel sword. ISBN: 0 - 719218 - 74 - 4. That is all I got. For book hunting you'll need Bookfinder: www.bookfinder.com/ Best engine on the block. Cheers. Edit: The book from the link: Good starter book I think. For that low price just go for it. Combined with: www.deutsches-blankwaffenforum.de/galerie/index.html and www.deutsches-blankwaffenforum.de/index.php?s=f29d9b2ab2989ff6dc549e93a5404b18 you'll pretty much cover the German side. Just feed the urls into Google Translate if you do not read German. Be sure though to turn off Instand Translation first.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2018 9:05:47 GMT
My own list has grown considerably since posting to this thread. www.swordforum.com/vb4/showthread.php?90613-Books-we-all-have(leave it to sbg to screw around with links) Often times, dealers have books listed as well as their arms. Some stuff at hand and I need to add another shelf at the desk. I have tried to acquire at least one book a year and often around this time of year's end. Although geared somewhat for American federal period times, I have some obligatory Oakeshott titles. Some books are the price of a pizza, others the cost of a serious date. I know nothing of the Januz titles but some seem to be similar to Withers E books as seen on eBay. I guess it all depends on a specific interest or being able to cross reference. I lack books on European stuff but now have many of the Bezdek titles. semprini Bezdek passed away, so there won't be more of them. The German title the last I acquired. The Daniel Hartzler books, quite useful for early US stuff. Neumann, Furr and of course Peterson. Tuite, Rankin, Gilkerson. On and on.
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Post by Pino on Nov 30, 2018 15:00:54 GMT
Janos' books about German swords (and I suspect British ones) are not that great, some of the descriptions are wrong and a bit too oversimplified at times but it is good introduction for beginners.
On the other hand his works on Russian sabres, shahshkas and Polish swords are in my opinion a lot better than anything else on the market about them.
British swords: The British Cavalry Sword from 1600 by Charles Martyn
German Empire: Imperial German Edged Weaponry by T. Johnson & Whittman (3 x vol) Infanterieoffizierdegen 1889 und Varianten by P. Hartmann & R. Herrmann Der Blücher-Säbel : ergänzendes zu einem mehrfach behandelten Thema by G. Seifert & CP. Stefanski
More to come as I get back from work.
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Post by likehotbutter on Nov 30, 2018 20:06:57 GMT
Thanks everyone!
Now to hunt for these books
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Post by madsun on May 31, 2019 14:03:18 GMT
As for Jaroszewski's books I have German Cavalry and Artillery Swords and Russian Swords. Both books are in English and with numerous high quality photos but the text is sometimes confusing with some similar swords described as different patterns without justification. Still worth the money. I am actually waiting for his new book on Polish swords. It will be publish in Polish, German and English. He got an access to many swords that one can only see in museums so I will be a good reference book.
As for British sword reference book I would also recommend British Military Swords by Harvey Withers as a good supplement for Robson's book due to numerous pictures of different variants of same patterns.
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Post by pellius on May 31, 2019 15:09:34 GMT
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Post by victoriansword on Jul 3, 2019 15:59:16 GMT
These are recommendations based on book I own and have read.
The best references for British military swords: Swords of the British Army - Robson The British Cavalry Sword 1788-1912: Some New Perspectives - Dellar (2013) The British Cavalry Sword 1788-1912: Companion Volume - Dellar (2019) The Small Sword in England - Aylward British Basket-Hilted Swords - Mazansky Swords for the Highland Regiments – Darling Swords and Blades of the American Revolution - Neumann (also covers American and other European swords)
Reference books about sword makers: American Swords and Sword Makers - Bezdek German Swords and Sword Makers - Bezdek
American swords: American Swords 1775-1945 - Peterson The Ames Sword Company – Hamilton
Other: The Rapier and Small Sword - Norman
Books that didn't make the list: Harvey Withers' books are decent, but they are not academic nor exhaustive. The biggest strength of his books a decade (and more) ago was the copious number of color photos. The standard references at the time, especially for British swords, were printed with black and white photos and usually only featuring one or two examples of a given pattern. There are now thousands of photos of British swords available for free online, so I feel that the major selling point of his books has been made redundant. Information-wise, they don't offer anything new so I recommend sticking with the standard references like Robson and Dellar.
The British Cavalry Sword from 1600 by Charles Martyn features swords from the authors collection. This book is wonderful for collectors who want to see more examples of non-regulation and special pattern cavalry swords. However, much of the information in the book is based on antiquated research from ffoulkes & Hopkinson (Sword, Lance and Bayonet [1938]) and John Wilkinson-Latham (British Military Swords: From 1800 to the Present Day [1966]), so I couldn't recommend it as a definitive source of information. If anything it should be owned in conjunction with Robson and Dellar and fact-checked against those volumes.
Based on the eBay images from the Janusz Jarosławski book on the 1796 LC sword and its derivatives, I would save my money and buy the books by Robson and Dellar. Maybe buy the Jarosławski book after you've read the others.
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