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European Swords
Numerous events of our history are associated with cold arms and battles. Especially, these are integral part of European history, where such fights took places from the beginning of civilizations’...
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Japanese Swords: The Katana
Japan is one more country with rich history of sword-making. People are usually aware of samurai and ninja cold arms, much promoted nowadays by movie directors. On the early stages of Japanese history...
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Scimitars
Scimitars are the result of Asian bladesmiths’ technologies; in particular, they searched a way how to combine carving and chopping functions of cold arms in one blade. Scimitars, as well as sabers,...
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A History of Swords
Swords are likely to be the most diverse type of cold arms, depending on the place where a sword take roots and type of strokes it makes. It is important not to forget history, which obviously affected...
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Learning Vikings Swords From the TV Show
Having watched the first three episodes of a new TV show “Vikings”, I was really amazed with all the cruelty and violence ancient people of the North struggled for their living. Certainly, I was aware...
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Where Did Broadswords Come From?
No one can deny that history of Scotland is mostly about struggling for independence, with numerous battles, fights and diplomatic contradiction with England. Therefore, Scottish bladesmiths developed...
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