Daggers

Blade for a dagger (tanto), late 13th–early 14th century; Kamakura period (1185–1333) Made by Rai Kunitoshi (Japanese, active ca. 1290–1320) Steel Dagger, ca. 1620; Mughal Indian Steel, gold, rubies, emeralds, textile The hilt of the dagger is constructed of heavy sections of gold over an iron core and its scabbard mounts are of solid gold. All the intricately engraved surfaces are set with gems and colored glass finely cut with floral forms. The designs closely parallel those in Mughal painting of the early seventeenth century, suggesting the dagger dates from the reign of Emperor Jahangir (1605–27), whose deep love of nature,...

Battle axes

Battle axe is an axe especially designed as a weapon which is carried not just for battle but also as symbols of status and wealth. Reflect and symbolizes the perfection of artisans and craftsmen for evolving specialized weaponry. Beautifully embellished and adorned with twisted wires , inlays and other beautiful ornaments in silver, copper and bronze , battle axes are cost effective and also fall into the category of pole arms.   History  Since 9th century till 16th century , in Northern Europe “ Viking Age" battle axes are very common tool used. At that time they are termed as medieval battle axes which usually had broad, socketed...

ancient Swords and knives

 Book of The Illustrated World Encyclopedia of Knives, Swords, Spears & Daggers: Through history in 1500 color photographs [Hardcover] Ancient Swords and knives Prehistoric Swords The predecessors of the very first ancient swords were basically pressure flaked flint and obsidian daggers - and let's be honest, we aren't going to find too many replicas of these for sale (though if you are interested, there's a nifty little site here which actually makes them for an average price of around US$150, and even sells a few books on how to create your own!). Russian Imperial Militaria Russian Imperial Navy Napoleonic Wars era officer's regulation...

stone weapons

Middle Stone Age Tools Between about 400,000 and 200,000 years ago, the pace of innovation in stone technology began to accelerate very slightly. By the beginning of this time, handaxes were made with exquisite craftsmanship, and eventually gave way to smaller, more diverse toolkits, with an emphasis on flake tools rather than larger core tools. These toolkits were established by at least 285,000 years in some parts of Africa, and by 250,000-200,000 years in Europe and parts of western Asia. One of the main innovations was the application of ‘prepared core technique,’ in which a core was carefully flaked on one side so that for a flake of...

World Weapon Collection All weapons collection from arround the world, you’ll love to have all information of weapons ,weapons  images and wallpapers The history of weapons exists as long as the history of mankind - from a wooden stick to nuclear and space weapons, from a wheel to jet aircraft, from a stone to laser cannons. If we try to give a quick glance on antique weapons, some of the grand fathers of the modern weapons need to be mentioned here. Spear is one of the oldest tools of men used in hunting and in fights with enemies. The invention was natural step from a wooden stick and added a sharpened tip which was meant to inflict wounds on animals and enemies. Later, when people learned to extract iron, the spear tip was made from iron, and some centuries later even iron axe was...