A gift book for a freind, recomendations..

[Guest]

I ahve a good freind, who is just startgin to make reinactemnt qualitly blades for a group he has started and other in the area..

Now im after a gift for him, and being a good freind, im after somethign quite usefull..

can anyone recomend a book which deals with swords,
mainly in there disgine, the differnt types and styles..
as detailed as can be, rainging over about lest 14-16C.

Eitehr the actula finds, recrations or what not, as long as
the pites/drawins in the book are acurate with the right dates <img src="/forum/images/icons/smile.gif" alt="" />

thanks a mill..
I did brows the recomended book list, and amazons,
but the information i got wasnt as deatalied as i hoped <img src="/forum/images/icons/smile.gif" alt="" />

[Guest]

I would recommend Ewart Oakeshott's "Records of the Medieval Sword". A must for any one making or training with swords.

Todd

[GaryGrzybek]

Hey Todd,

Is it me or is "Records" getting hard to find?

I haven't checked for a while but I'd still love to have a copy of my own.

Also, if you check out Arms &amp; Armor's website they have Ewarts latest "Sword in hand" on sale <img src="/forum/images/icons/laugh.gif" alt="" />

[Guest]

Gary,

Talking to Dr Lee Jones in the Interview he made a good point that Records of the Medieval Sword wasn't expected to sell 500 copies when it first came out and now you can only find it in paperback and the rumor is the paperback pages fall out. MRL carries the book.

Todd

[Guest]

Thanks guys, will see what i can get over hear in .au <img src="/forum/images/icons/smile.gif" alt="" />