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Nathan Robinson
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Nathan Robinson
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Please note that in the article, "The Paper Armoury: Our Top Shelf ", each book is linked to a page on a retailer's site that has the book available for purchase. If you click on these links in the article and then follow-through with an actual sale during that same session, myArmoury.com will earn some affiliate credit from that sale. All proceeds from these sales will be used to purchase book prizes for upcoming contests. The knowledge contained in the books is encouragement enough to buy them, but I also hope that knowing you're giving back to the site and community might further convince you to augment your own library.
A couple books don't have links, as they're no longer commonly available: you'll likely find them in the used market or perhaps new from a more obscure source.
Cheers!
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William Goodwin
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| Posted: Mon 31 Jan, 2005 3:21 am Post subject: |
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Thanks to Sean, Frank, Geoff and Nathan for another week of great articles & reviews. The book thing is especially cool!
Bill
Roanoke Sword Guilde
roanokeswordguilde@live.com
"I was born for this" - Joan of Arc
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Greyson Brown
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Very good update once again. I have to admit that I was a bit surprised when I saw that Ashdown's European Arms & Armor made the list. I have rather strong feelings against that book, but I guess it does still have some value. I still do not believe that his information on "banded maille" is correct, but the rest of the text is valuable; just don't trust the illustrations too much.
I only see two problems with this update, and both of them are in the "Paper Armoury." First, I already own about half of these books, so I can't go out and buy them all. Second, I only own about half of these books, so I can't afford to go out and buy them all. I want my cake, and I want to eat it too!!
Keep up the good work!
-Grey
"So long as I can keep the path of honor I am well content."
-Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The White Company
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Chad Arnow
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| Posted: Mon 31 Jan, 2005 4:56 am Post subject: |
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| Greyson Brown wrote: | Very good update once again. I have to admit that I was a bit surprised when I saw that Ashdown's European Arms & Armor made the list. I have rather strong feelings against that book, but I guess it does still have some value. I still do not believe that his information on "banded maille" is correct, but the rest of the text is valuable; just don't trust the illustrations too much.
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Grey,
The Ashdown was my choice, and I debated including it. His own drawings are sometimes inaccurate (Romans didn't use what look like wheel-pommeled swords with cross guards) and some info is out of date. But the plates are really good, and his sketches of effigial monuments are valuable resources. The progression of armour from maille through full plate is laid out pretty well and shows the various reinforcements pretty well. It's usually available for pretty cheap (from $4.25 on the Amazon link), which is another plus.
ChadA
http://chadarnow.com/
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Patrik Erik Lars Lindblom
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I like that one about The Anglo Saxon Broken Back Seax,
they are so hard to get some information about them out there, and when i found something
it's always about the big one and the runes on it, i like the small ones more,
they are more useful to work with and handle, and i will buy one when i found one 
Nathan! there are no link to it in Features
Frid o Fröjd!
Patrik
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Nathan Robinson
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Patrik Erik Lars Lindblom
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How could i miss that
The funny thing with the big seax with rune's on it, is that people always look at the easy ones (pic 1)
and i have always wonder what the lower ones are, is it a pattern or is it a name? (pic 2)
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Frid o Fröjd!
Patrik
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Alexi Goranov
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| Posted: Mon 31 Jan, 2005 10:27 am Post subject: |
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| Chad Arnow wrote: |
Grey,
The Ashdown was my choice, and I debated including it. His own drawings are sometimes inaccurate (Romans didn't use what look like wheel-pommeled swords with cross guards) and some info is out of date. But the plates are really good, and his sketches of effigial monuments are valuable resources. The progression of armour from maille through full plate is laid out pretty well and shows the various reinforcements pretty well. It's usually available for pretty cheap (from $4.25 on the Amazon link), which is another plus. |
So I just bought this book, hoping that the plates will make the $15 worth it. Meanwhile I hope that Armi Bianche Italiani will surface for less than $444 (as per "www.bookfinder.com" site).
What is the difference between this Gerry Embelton book: Medieval Military Costume (Europa Militaria Special, 8), and the one in this weeks feature article? Do they cover different periods, or have different approaches? Why get one and not the other?
Alexi
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Jean Thibodeau
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As to the fighting qualities of the Seax I think that the comparison to Bowie knives is very hard to avoid: I can't be the first person to notice the resemblance. Does anyone else think that the Bagwell Bowie "Hell's Bell" as made by Ontario knives resembles some single edged Medieval daggers ?
The Ashdown book does reflect what was considered at the time, 1906, the right interpretation of maille being sometimes "banded" which I think was first proposed by Violet Leduc in the 19th century as an explanation of drawings showing maille: A very literal view that the horizontal lines separating rows of maille actually were a structural features of the construction of maille made of leather and holding together overlaping ring. This was all very imaginative but very wrong.
Still the book has a lot of interesting things in it, even if some 19th century opinions have been proven wrong.
You can easily give up your freedom. You have to fight hard to get it back!
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Patrick Kelly
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| Quote: | What is the difference between this Gerry Embelton book: Medieval Military Costume (Europa Militaria Special, 8), and the one in this weeks feature article? Do they cover different periods, or have different approaches? Why get one and not the other?
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Alexi,
I consider Medieval Military Costume to be more of a supplement to The Medieval Soldier than anything else. Both books feature color photographs of the same living historians that were obviously taken at the same time and place. The Medieval Soldier focuses specifically on the 15th century, whereas Medieval Military Costume does have a few sections dealing with earlier periods, although the majority of it is also oriented towards the 15th century. I was a bit disappointed in Medieval Military Costume since I was expecting more information on other periods.
Medieval Military Costume is a smaller Osprey style book whereas The Medieval Solider is a much larger work.
"In valor there is hope.".................. Tacitus
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Nathan Robinson
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I'm glad you both brought up Medieval Military Costume because it's a book I don't own. I forgot about it, frankly, so I'll be adding it to my own "someday" list. My main struggle with books now is that I have most of the readily available titles on arms and armour and am left with hard-to-find and very expensive titles now: so unfortunately, my own library augmentation is now going to be very slow.
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Jeremy Scott Steimel
Location: Champaign, IL Joined: 24 Jan 2004
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"The Paper Armoury: Our Top Shelf"
... Talk about 'Ask And You Shall Receive.' (something similar was discussed in a thread just weeks ago)
On a related note, I finally got a hardcopy of Swords in the Age of Chivalry today (well, ordered it last week, it arrived today). Time to study.
Dum spiro, spero
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Jeremy Scott Steimel
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| Nathan Robinson wrote: | | Jeremy Scott Steimel wrote: | | ... Talk about 'Ask And You Shall Receive.' (something similar was discussed in a thread just weeks ago) |
I was hoping somebody would notice |
Yup... and good timing. Last week's order (on a completely random note -- also received today the 'Think Like Amano' art collection of Yoshitaka Amano's work. Great collection if anyone is a fan of his work) has me in book-expansion mode, and I was planning to snag Records and Swordsman's Companion this week. Now I can do it guilt free. It's a contribution, right? :-)
Dum spiro, spero
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Bill Grandy
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| Posted: Mon 31 Jan, 2005 8:16 pm Post subject: |
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| Jeremy Scott Steimel wrote: | | Now I can do it guilt free. It's a contribution, right? :-) |
I like the way this man thinks!
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Greyson Brown
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Just to be clear, I wasn't trying to say anything derogitory about Ashdown's book. I own it, and it can be a very valuable resource. Like Chad, I would have debated including it, but in the end it probably would have made the cut.
Jeremy Scott Steimel, has the right idea. I need more of these books (though I too suffer a bit from Nathan Robinson's problem of owning the easy to find ones), and it might as well help out myArmoury. Now I just hope I can find space in my barracks room for another book shelf!
-Grey
"So long as I can keep the path of honor I am well content."
-Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The White Company
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Patrick Kelly
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I've been finding that many of the newer books being published are far superior to the older "classic" titles. Many of the older works are full of inaccuracies and misinformation. Some of the newer one present much more accurate information. So just because it's old and rare doesn't neccesarily mean it's any good. Personally I'm past the point were I'm going to pay a large some for a book just to add it to my library. Being able to say "I have one of those" isn't enough for me anymore.
"In valor there is hope.".................. Tacitus
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Nathan Robinson
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Alexi Goranov
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| Nathan Robinson wrote: | | The desire for those books goes well beyond that, Patrick. Many of the difficult to acquire titles are foreign-language publications that document items rarely seen on this side of the globe. |
that is the sad truth. I just got heribert Seitz'es two volume work "Ein Waffenhistorisches Handbuch Blankwaffen " from the nearby, friendly, neighborhood, Harvard library, and it is full of pictures and diagrams I have not come accross in the "easy to find, english" titles. This book set costs more than $240, but damn it is worth it, even if you do not speak german. All weapon categories are covered in time-periods. Now I just have to get my wife to translate.......... And if you are in post-medieval weapons........you just have to have this book......
Alexi
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