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• Suggested Reading: A Bibliographical Work in Progress
• Essay: Observations Regarding A British Musicians Sword of the American Revolutionary Period
• Article: The 1828/65/68 Pattern Highland Officers Basket Hilted Broadsword
• Essay: An Eye for Detail -- Careful Inspection is Important for the Collector of Swords
• Article: The Collecting, Cleaning and Preservation of Edged Weapons, by John Harvey
• Reference: Conservation of Swords and Other Edged Weapons, by Mark McMorrow

• A Brief History of the Manufacture de Châtellerault, by Jean Binck - An excellent overview of the history of one of France's foremost arsenals, including descriptions of markings, etc.
• History of Klingenthal Blade Manufacturing, by Jean Binck - Another wonderful article by Binck, similar to the above, but featuring the French Klingenthal manufactory.
• Fraternal and Societal Swords, by Mike McWatters - An appropriate response to the deluge of questions we receive regarding societal swords.
• Information on M C Lilley Co. - A good reference for dating Lilley swords.
• The Fire and the Forge - An interesting exposition of various historical sword patterns -- a concerted effort of António Conceição Júnior, representing the Foundation for the Cooperation and Development of Macau, and Adrian Ko of SwordForum International.
• A Particular British 1822 Pattern Light Cavalry Officer's Sword, by Bjorn Hellqvist - An article spawned by the research of a certain cavalry sword in possession of Mr. Hellqvist.
• Swords and Sabres for Spanish Cavalry Troopers - A helpful article on Spanish swords by Juan Perez. A necessary companion to Barcelo Rubi's book on the same subject, not available in English.
• The Sgian Dubh - An article regarding the history of the sgian dubh by Joe D. Huddleston, originally published in Highlander Magazine.
• Fighting with the Sabre -- An interesting instructional article about fencing with the sabre.
• A list of German RZM Codes, as provided by Marcus Wendel of the Skalman Nu website.
• An excellent, well-illustrated reference page relating to Moro Weapons, by Federico Malibago.
• Reference: A Useful Compilation of Acronyms Used on Fraternal Swords.
• Some Historical Swiss Swords Examined -- A short essay regarding swords at the Swiss National Landesmuseum.
• Markings on Japanese Arisaka Rifles and Bayonets of World War II
• Sword Hilts of the Border Reivers -- A Brief Survey of 16th Century 'Basket Hilts' of the Anglo-Scottish Border Marches