Handfuls of History Volume 2

Included here is only a subset of the collection; blades listed in grey are only available in the full version. Purchase the book to see all the blades, research on their historical context, and nearly five thousand high-resolution photos.

  1. Bronze Weapons

    1. Bronze Sword
    2. Bronze Arrowhead

  2. American and European Blades

    Part 1

    1. Medieval Knife
    2. Sicilian Coltello (Dagger)
    3. German Hunting Sword/ Plug Bayonet
    4. Main Gauche Dagger
    5. Navaja of Santa Cruz de Mudela
    6. German Hunting Hanger-Pistol Combination Weapon
    7. Spanish Knife from the Canary Islands
    8. Italian Hunting Knife
    9. British Bayonet Pistol
    10. French-Made Navaja
    11. Sword Cane
    12. Coltello da Brigante (Brigand Knife)
    13. Hungarian Hunting Sword
    14. Navaja de Toledo
    15. Slater Bros. Sheffield Bowie
    16. English Presentation Short Sword
    17. Cretan Knife
    18. Hungarian Fokos (Shepherd's) Axe
    19. Gaucho Knife
    20. Albacete Dagger
    21. Carving Set
    22. Chilean Corvo
    23. Spring Blade Penknife
    24. Ontario Knife Co. Butcher Knife
    25. Guatemalan Knife and "Machete"
    26. Sabatier Chef's Knife
    27. Laguiole Knives
    28. Opinel No. 9

    Part 2

    1. Beak-Nosed, Basket-Hilt Scottish Broadsword
    2. Pattern 1803 English / U.S. Mounted Artillery Saber
    3. American Naval Dirk
    4. 1821 Type U.S. Infantry Officer's Sword
    5. French Model 1822 Saber
    6. French Naval Cutlass
    7. Model 1841 U.S. Navy Cutlass
    8. Model 1840 Cavalry Sword
    9. French Model 1831 Artillery Sword
    10. Georgian Shashka
    11. U.S. Model 1861 Naval Cutlass
    12. 1850 Union Staff and Field Officer's Sword
    13. Union Noncommissioned Officer's Sword
    14. Model 1860 Light Cavalry Saber
    15. Klingenthal Glaive d'Administration
    16. Scottish Officer's Dirk
    17. U.S. Field and Staff Officer's Sword
    18. Pattern 1821 British Royal Artillery Officer's Sword
    19. Pattern 1881 Russian "Cossack" Shashka
    20. Highland Light Infantry Basket-Hilted Broadsword
    21. German NCO Sword
    22. Russian Cavalry Saber
    23. British Staff Sergeant Broadsword
    24. Prussian Officer's Sword
    25. Russian Bebut Short Sword
    26. French Model 1896 Cavalry Officer's Saber
    27. Model 1913 U.S. Cavalry "Patton" Saber
    28. Scottish Regimental Sgian Dubh
    29. British Pattern 1908 Cavalry Saber
    30. M 1917 Trench Knife
    31. Mark I Trench Knife
    32. Model 1917 Bolo Knife
    33. Model 1902 U.S. Army Officer's Sword
    34. Spanish 1907 Pattern Puerto-Seguro Cavalry Saber
    35. German Red Cross Hewer
    36. Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife
    37. USMC Hospital Corps Knife
    38. British Entrenching Tool
    39. U.S. Marine Officer's Mameluke Sword
    40. U.S. Army Air Force Pilot Survival Knife
    41. Chilean Military Corvo
    42. U.S. Navy Officer's Sword
    43. Bayonets

  3. Japanese Weapons

    1. Tanto
    2. Japanese Samurai Katana
    3. NCO Kyu Gunto
    4. Officer's Kyu Gunto
    5. Japanese Type 32 Otsu Army Sword
    6. Wakizashi in Bone Mounts
    7. Model 1883 Japanese Naval Officer's Dirk
    8. Type 95 NCO Shin Gunto
    9. Officer's Shin Gunto (Type 98)
    10. Late Production Shin Gunto

  4. Weapons from Islamic Peoples of the Middle World

    1. Sangin Matchlock Bayonet
    2. Turkish Shamshir
    3. Kurdish Jambiya
    4. Balkan Yataghan
    5. Pulwar
    6. Bichaq Dagger
    7. North African Flyssa
    8. Persian Jarids
    9. Dagestan Murid Shashka
    10. Khyber Sword
    11. Ottoman/ Syrian Khanjar
    12. Arab Saif
    13. Kindjal
    14. Moroccan Nimcha
    15. Qama/ Kindjal
    16. Bosnian Knife
    17. Black Sea Yataghan or Laz Bichaq
    18. Choora Knife
    19. North African S'boula "Zanzibar" Sword
    20. Afghani Pulwar of the Era of the Great Game
    21. Moroccan Koumaya Jambiya
    22. Persian Quaddara
    23. Omani Kattara Sword
    24. Wahabite Jambiya
    25. Khodami Dagger
    26. Yemenite Assib-Style Jambiya
    27. Iraqi Jambiya
    28. Bukhara Uzbekistan, Pichaq
    29. Assib Jambiya from the Asir Region of Yemen
    30. Druze Jambiya
    31. Thouma-Style Jambiya
    32. Hadramaut Gusbi Jambiya
    33. Omani Jambiya
    34. Jordanian/Palestinian Bedouin Shibriya Daggers
    35. Afghan Choora Knife

  5. Weapons and Blades from India and Nepal

    1. Bagh Nakh
    2. Bichawa, Scorpion's Sting
    3. Jamdhar Katari
    4. Ankus
    5. Khanjarli
    6. Mughal Indian Kard
    7. Khanjar Dagger of Mughal Period
    8. Pata Gauntlet Sword
    9. Khanda
    10. Yali Bichwa
    11. Firangi Sword
    12. Chillanum
    13. Double-Bladed Bichawa
    14. Pesh-Kabz
    15. Mogul Shamshir
    16. Sousson Pata
    17. Tiger Tooth Dagger
    18. Hooded Katar
    19. Betel Quid, Nut Cutters and Accessories
    20. Indian Elephant Head Dagger
    21. Sinhalese Kastane
    22. Zaghnal
    23. War Shield
    24. Lontar Scribe's Knife
    25. Madu Buckler
    26. Piha Kahetta
    27. Bullova Axe
    28. Indian Sword with Re-Curving Blade
    29. Sacrificial Kora Sword
    30. Engraved Steel Khanjar
    31. Haladie
    32. Hunting Spear with Percussion Barrel
    33. Katar
    34. Tulwar
    35. Ayda Katti
    36. Fakir Horn Dagger
    37. Pesh-Kabz Inspired Khanjar
    38. Garo Headhunter Two-Handed Dao Sword
    39. Bhuj
    40. Pichangeti
    41. Three-Bladed Katar
    42. Dao Sword of the Naga
    43. Long-Leaf Kukri
    44. Lohar
    45. Ram Dao/ Churi
    46. Fakir Horns

  6. Weapons and Blades from China and Southeast Asia

    1. Taiping or Boxer Rebellion Sword
    2. Tibetan Tsep-Sa
    3. Vietnamese Guom
    4. Chinese Spear Point Knife
    5. Bhutanese Dagger
    6. Burmese Dahs
    7. Qing Dynasty Shuang Jian Double Swords
    8. Tibetan Phurba Dagger
    9. Chinese Trousse
    10. Tibetan belt knives
    11. Chinese Dah
    12. Thai Dah Swords
    13. Presentation Burmese Story Dha

  7. Weapons from Pacific Islands

    1. "Majapahit" Keris Sajen Pijitan
    2. Ganesh Dagger
    3. Pedang Lurus
    4. Moro Kampilan
    5. Type III Pedang
    6. Sumatran Pedang
    7. Sekin
    8. Badek with Silver Scabbard
    9. Klewang
    10. Parang Nabur
    11. Peudeueng Pasangan (Type I Pedang)
    12. Kerambit
    13. Betel Pounder
    14. Ivory-Hilted Balinese Knife
    15. Parang Latok
    16. Rentong (Rencong)
    17. Sewar
    18. Sikin Panjang
    19. Indonesian "Jambiya"
    20. Piso Podang
    21. Visayan Tenegre
    22. Javanese Silver Golok
    23. Moro Barong
    24. Bugis Alamang
    25. Dayak Mandau
    26. Javanese Carved Wood Golok
    27. Talibon Sword
    28. Bagobo Sword
    29. Dahong Palay?
    30. Indonesian Dagger
    31. Parang
    32. Bagobo Woman's Knife
    33. Balato Sword
    34. Kalinga Head Axe
    35. Punal
    36. Balinese Wedung
    37. Igrot Hinalung Dagger
    38. Keris Daggers
    39. Javanese Keris
    40. Bali Keris
    41. Tajong “Kingfisher” Keris
    42. Keris Penjang
    43. Moro Kalis Keris
    44. Surakarta Kris
    45. Bugis Keris Dagger
    46. Naga Kris
    47. Lombok Kris
    48. A Journey to Bali

  8. Tribal Weapons from Africa

    1. Sara Throwing Knife
    2. Fang Sword
    3. Abyssinian Shotel
    4. Ethiopian Gurade Saber
    5. Zulu Assegai Iklwa
    6. Sudanese Kaskara
    7. Daza Long Sword
    8. Kota Bird Head Throwing Knife
    9. Mandinka Sword
    10. Mangbetu Trumbash Axe
    11. Tubu Dagger with Cowries
    12. Billao "Dervish" Dagger
    13. Billao "Dervish" Sword
    14. Salampasu Sword
    15. Sudanese Arm Dagger
    16. Ngombe Sickle Sword
    17. Songye Axe
    18. Teke Sword
    19. Azande Sword
    20. Baule Sword
    21. Ingessana Throwing Knife
    22. Tuareg Weapons
    23. Zande Throwing Knife
    24. Matakam Throwing Knife
    25. Tetela Weapons
    26. Beja Dagger
    27. Ethiopian Saif
    28. Mbanja Throwing Knife
    29. Toma Axe
    30. Tiv Loop Dagger
    31. Massai Seme
    32. Kuba Dagger
    33. Senegal Dagger
    34. Yakoma Chopper
    35. Afar Jile Dagger
    36. Shi Sword
    37. Tebu/Tubu Dagger