The following is a list of reference books on edged weapons from my personal library. Although these books are not for sale, some titles may be available in "Books" section of our web site. The list was compiled as a help to collectors of swords and daggers.

Agafonov O., Kazachi Voiska Rossiyskoi Imperii, Moscow 1995

Akehurst R., Antique Weapons for Pleasure and Investment, New York 1969.

Albaugh III W., Confederate Edged Weapons, Wilmington, NC 1993.

Albaugh III W., A Photographic Supplement of Confederate Swords, Wilmington, NC 1999.

Astvatsaturian E., Oruzhie Narodov Kavkaza, Moscow 1995.

Bazelon B.(edit.), Swords from Public Collections in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Blackmore H., Arms and Armour, London 1965.

Blackmore H., Arms & Armour of the English Civil Wars, London 1990.

Blair C. and..., Studies in European Arms and Armor, Philadelphia PA 1992.

Brinckerhoff S., Chamberlain P., Spanish Military Weapons in Colonial America 1700-1821, Harrisburg, PA 1972.

Bull S., An Historical Guide to Arms & Armour, London 1991.

Bull S., European Swords, London.

Chodynski A., Militaria Malborskie, Malbork, Poland 1991.

Chodynski A., Zbrojownie Malborskie, Malbork, Poland 1978.

Chudnov G., Savenko O., Sokrovishcha Tulskogo Muzeia Oruzhia, Tula, Russia 1979.

Coe M. and ..., Swords and Hilt Weapons, New York 1989.

Cromwell G., French Swords for Virginia 1779, Ellicott City, MD 1995.

Czerwinski A., Dudek L., Szabla Zolnierza Polskiego XIX i XX Wieku, Wroclaw 1989.

Czerwinski A., Dawna Bron Mysliwska, Warsaw 1997.

de Latour R., Muzeum Narodowe w Kielcach, Bron Katalog Zbiorow, Cracow 1985.

Durov V., The Orders of Russia, Moscow 1993.

Egerton W., An Illustrated Handbook of Indian Arms and those of Nepal, Burma, Thailand Malaya, London 1880.

Fuller R., Gregory R., Military Swords of Japan 1868-1945, London 1986.

Glosek M., Miecze Srodkowoeuropejskie z X-XV w.", Warsaw 1984.

Held R. (edit.), Arms and Armor Annual Vol.I, Northfield, IL 1973.

Hicks J., French Military Weapons 1717 to 1938, New Milford 1964.

Hilbert K., Blankwaffen aus drei Jahrhunderten, Berlin 1998.

Hilbert K., Lehmann K., Richmann L., Degen Pallasche Sabel Faschinenmesser, Berlin 1989.

Ivanov A, The Art of Kubachi, Leningrad, Russia 1976.

Jablonski H., Kordziki, Warsaw 1991.

Kowalewska A., Militaria w Zbiorach Muzeum Ziemi Kujawskiej i Dobrzynskiej we Wloclawku, Wloclawek 1991.

Kulinsky A., Russkoe Kholodnoie Oruzhie, St.Petersburg 1994.

Kwasniewicz W., Piec Wiekow Szabli Polskiej, Warsaw 1993.

Kwasniewicz W., 1000 Slow o Broni Bialej i Uzbrojeniu Ochronnym, Warsaw 1981.

Kwasniewicz W., Historia Szabla Pisana, Zielona Gora, Poland 1997.

Lebedynsky I. (1), Les Armes Cosaques et Caucasiennes, Paris 1990.

Lebedynsky I. (2), Les Armes Traditionnelles de L'Europe Centrale, Paris 1996.

Lebedynsky I. (3), Les Armes Orientales, Paris 1996.

Lebedynsky I.(edit.), (4) , La Collection D'Armes de L'Empereur de Russie Alexandre II en 1869, Paris 1993.

Lhoste J., Buigne J-J., Armes Blanches, Paris 1994.

Lyle, The Lyle Official Arms and Armour Review 1980.

Man J., Wallace Collection Catalogues, European Arms and Armour, Vol.I Armour, London 1962.

Man J., Wallace Collection Catalogues, European Arms and Armour, Vol.II Arms, London 1962.

Miller Y.(1), Caucasian Arms from the State Hermitage Museum, St.Petersburg, Naestved, Denmark 2000.

Miller Y.(2), Masterpieces of Russian Hunting Arms from the State Hermitage Museum, St.Petersburg, Naestved, Denmark 1996.

Mollo E.(1), Russkoie Kholodnoie Oruzhie 19-go Veka, Paris 1962.

Mollo E.(2), Russkoie Kholodnoie Oruzhie Tsarstvovania Imperatora Nikolaia II-go, Paris 1964.

Moore W., Weapons of the American Revolution...and Accoutrements, New York 1967.

Moravek K., Moudry P., Czechoslovak Edged Weapons 1918-1994, Prague 1995.

Muller H., Kolling H., Europaische Hieb- und Stichwaffen, Berlin 1981.

Nadolski A., Polska Bron - Bron Biala, Wroclaw 1974.

Nagyrevi-Neppel G., Huszarok, Budapest 1973.

Neumann G., Swords & Blades of the American Revolution, Harrisburg, PA 1973.

Norman A., Wilson G., Treasures from the Tower of London, Sainsbury 1982.

Norman V., Arms and Armour, London 1972.

North A., An Introduction to Islamic Arms, Owing Mills, MD 1985.

Peterson H. (1), American Knives, New York 1958.

Peterson H. (2), Daggers and Fighting Knives of the Western World, New York 1970.

Popenko, V., Kholodnoie Oruzhie, Moscow 1996.

Puype J., van der Hoeven M.(edit.), The Arsenal of the World. The Dutch Arms Trade in the 17th Century, Amsterdam 1996.

Sach J., Moudry P., Edged Weapons of the Habsburg Monarchy, Prague 1999.

Schneider H., Meier J., Griffwaffen, Zurich, 1971.

Schobel J., Princely Arms and Armour, Leipzig 1975.

Schobel J., Prunkwaffen, Leipzig 1975.

Seifert G., Schwert Degen Sabel, Hamburg 1962.

Smirnova E., Gosudarstvennaya Oruzheynaya Palata, Moscow 1986.

Soldatenko A., Europejski Orez Paradny XVII-XIX Wieku, Malbork, Poland 1991.

Stone G., A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor, New York 1934.

Sukhanov I., Russian Rewarding Gold Steel, Donetsk 1990-s.

Temesvary F.(1), A Sarvari Nadasdy Ferenc Muzeum Fegyvergyujtemenye, Budapest 1980.

Temesvary F.(2), Fegyverkincsek Diszfegyverek, Budapest 1982.

Wagner E.(1), Cut and Thrust Weapons, Prague 1969.

Wagner E.(2), Hieb- und Stich-Waffen, Prague 1975.

Wilkinson-Latham R., Collecting Militaria, London 1975.

Windbiel G., Imperial German Edged Weapon Catalogue and Price Guide, Zieglersville, PA 1990-s.

Zablocki W., Ciecia Prawdziwa Szabla, Warsaw 1989.

Zachuta L. (1), Kordziki w II Rzeczypospolitej, Warsaw 1991.

Zachuta L. (2), Wojskowy Temblak Dystynkcyjny, Cracow 1991.

Zygulski Z.(1), Bron w Dawnej Polsce, Warsaw 1975.

Zygulski Z.(2), Bron Wschodnia, Warsaw 1983.

Zygulski Z.(3), Stara Bron w Polskich Zbiorach, Warsaw 1982.

Zygulski Z.(4), The Polish Hussaria, Warsaw 2000.