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
Egyptian Swords (Khopesh)
The Egyptians actually made very little use of swords until the Iron age, but even then preferred to use them only as a back-up weapon to their bows, spears and axes.
The most notable exception was the Bronze Canaanite Sickle Sword, or Khopesh, which traces its origins to Sumeria around the third millennium BC.
Ancient Greek and Spartan Swords
Ancient Swords and knivesPrehistoric 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
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| Russian Imperial Navy Napoleonic Wars era officer's regulation dirk. Ivory handle, silver fittings and scabbard cover. Scabbard is decorated with a cipher of Emperor Alexander I (reigned 1801 - 1825). |
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| Extremely rare Caucasus style Russian Imperial two-sided kindjal with silver mountings profusely decorated with niello on one side and polichrome cloisonné enamel on the other |
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| 19th century Caucasian style bebut-type dagger. Decorated ivory hourglass shaped hilt, red Morrocan leather covered wooden scabbard with silver fittings, decorated with chased |
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| 19th century Balkan dagger of unusual form. Pubished in "Islamic Weapons: Maghrib to Moghul." |
Egyptian Swords (Khopesh)
The Egyptians actually made very little use of swords until the Iron age, but even then preferred to use them only as a back-up weapon to their bows, spears and axes.
The most notable exception was the Bronze Canaanite Sickle Sword, or Khopesh, which traces its origins to Sumeria around the third millennium BC.
Ancient Greek and Spartan Swords
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