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Showing 3 reviews submitted by Matt Franklin:  Art of Armor: Samurai Armor from the Ann and Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Collection  This extraordinary publication presents, for the first time, the samurai armor collection of the Ann and Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Museum in Dallas. The ...
* RECOMMENDED *  Show DetailsReviewed by Matt Franklin While one might not expect one of the world's best collections of samurai armor to be housed in Texas, Ann and Gabriel Barbier-Mueller have done just that with their extensive collection, documented in this book in beautiful, full-page images. This is an extremely high quality tome with detailed descriptions and photographs of a wide variety of armors, ... • Read full review —Updated Jul 24, 2012 British Military Swords: From 1800 to the Present Day by John Wilkinson-Latham 
Show DetailsReviewed by Matt Franklin This book is one of the few that deal explicitly with the topic of British military swords and is a short, easy read spanning just under ninety pages. It offers much information on the adoption of various sword patterns and the origins of some of them, as well as photos of most of them, weights, and lengths. Unfortunately, little is said about the actual ... • Read full review —Updated May 31, 2012 Hafted Weapons in Medieval and Renaissance Europe: The Evolution of European Staff Weapons between 1200 and 1650 (History of Warfare 31) by John Waldman  The development treated in this volume of a variety of staff weapons in the Medieval and Renaissance periods in Europe is of importance, as the repeated success of ...
* RECOMMENDED * Show DetailsReviewed by Matt Franklin An incredibly detailed account with beautiful pictures and information ranging from the construction of polearms to their use. Largely focused on the halberd, with some shorter chapters on other types. —Updated May 31, 2012 |
