Antique Swords & Daggers is a fascinating collection of edged weapons from Europe, America, the Middle East, Asia, Japan, and Africa. It includes their characteristics, historical uses, and current values.

Format: Hard cover, Dimensions: 9 x 12, Pages: 288, Illustrations: 1290

Design, forge, and fix your own tools, hardware, and household accessories with master craftsman and teacher Alexander G. Weygers. His three extraordinary books, 'The Making of Tools', 'The Modern Blacksmith', and 'The Recycling, Use, and Repair of Tools', are classics in their field and, here, in 'The Complete Modern Blacksmith' brought together.

Format: Soft cover, Dimensions: 8 x 11, Pages: 304, Illustrations: 456 beautiful sketches throughout

Materials and Decorative Techniques

Fancy Knives has more than 290 color pictures and offers insights into the materials used in making knives, their qualities, and various working and decorating techniques. Specialists form individual fields of non-machine-made knife making tell of their handiwork. A special chapter gives the reader instructions for making his own knife. Included is also valuable information about steel, knife blades, handle materials, decorative techniques, making sheaths and purchase and care. Stefan Steigerwald, ranks among Germany's best-known knife makers. Ernst Siebeneicher-Hellwig, teaches knife making courses and is an instructor at the Bavarian Hunting School.

Format: Hard cover, Dimensions: 7 1/2"x10 1/4", Pages: 190, Illustrations: 290

Myth and Reality 1450-1650

This scholarly significant, popularly written, and beautifully illustrated work explores the multiple rolls of arms and armor in the Renaissance and Baroque societies. During the period between 1450-1650, gunpowder weapons and new military technologies gradually extinguished the need for knights in shining armor on the battlefield. In this period, unsurpassed production of elaborate, richly decorated, and superbly crafted suits of armor became a symbol of status and was worn increasingly for ceremonial purposes and adopted into everyday life and dress.

Format: Hard cover, Dimensions: 11.5 x 10.75, Pages: 84, Illustrations: 111