SWORDS OF IRON, SWORDS OF STEEL

First Presented at the Miniver Cheevy Society for Early Medieval Studies, March, 1991
Updated and Revised in A.D. 2001

BRUCE EDWARD BLACKISTONE
(Atli)
OAKLEY FARM, AVENUE, MD 20609


Bibliography
Those books as may seem most fitting to the subject:
Blacksmithing |  Historical Texts |  Oriental Techniques |  Swords & Weaponry


Metals in General

Raymond, Robert
Out of the Fiery Furnace
The Impact of Metals on the History of Mankind
1986; Pa. U. Press; U. Pa. & London
ISBN 0-271-00440-1

Fisher, Douglas Alan
Steel
From the Iron Age to the Space Age
1967; Harpers and Row, New York

Tylecote, R.F.
History of Metallurgy
1976; The Metals Society, London
ISBN 0-904357-06-6

Smith, Cyril Stanley
A History of Metallography
The Development of Ideas on the Structure of Metals
Before 1890
1960; U. of Chicago Press
Chicago, Illinois
Library of Congress Cat. No: 60-7243

Singer, Charles, et al, Editors
A History of Technology, Volume II
The Mediterranean Civilizations and the Middle Ages
1957, (w/corrections) 1967; Oxford University Press

Forbes, R. J.
Studies in Ancient Technology; Volume IX
1964; E. J. Brill, Leiden, Netherlands

The New Illustrated Science and Invention Encyclopedia
Vols. 8, 10, 12, 19, 24, 25, 25
1989; H. S. Stuttman, Inc.
ISBN 0 87475 450 X

Blacksmithing

Bealer, Alex W.
The Art of Blacksmithing
1969, 1984, Harper and Row, New York
ISBN 0-06-015225-7

Weygers, Alexander G.
The Modern Blacksmith
1974, Prentice Hall
ISBN 0-671-60926-2

Bacon, John Lord
(Revised by Johnson, Carl Gunnard)
Forging
A Practical Treatise on Hand Forging, of Wrought Iron, Machine Steel, and tool Steel;
Drop Forging; and Heat Treatment of Steel, Including Annealing, Hardening and Tempering

1932; American Technical Society, Chicago

Arwidson, Greta and Berg, Gosta
The Mastermyr Find;
A Viking Age Tool Chest from Gotland
1983; Almquest & Wiksell, International, Stockholm, Sweden
ISBN 91-7402-129-X (Now reprinted by Norm Larson Books)

Historical Texts

Theophilus (Ca. 1120)
On Diverse Arts
(De Diversus Artibus)
Translated and annotated by John G Hawthorne and Cyril Stanley Smith
1963, 1979; Dover Publications, New York
ISBN 0-486-23784-2

Biringuccio, Vannoccio (1480-1539?)
The Pirotechnia
1959; Tr. Cyril Stanley Smith and Martha Teach Gnudi
1990; Dover Edition, General Publishing Company
Toronto, Ontario
ISBN 0-486-26134-4

Oriental Techniques

Kapp, Leon & Hiroko
Yoshihara, Yoshindo
The Craft of the Japanese Sword
1987; Kodansha International/USA, Ltd.
Tokyo and New York
ISBN 0-87011-798-X (Since reprinted)

Frey, Edward
The Kris
Mystic Weapon of the Malay World

1986; Oxford U. Press
Oxford, New York, Singapore...
ISBN 0-19-582660-4

al-Hassan, Ahmed Y. and Hill, Daniel R.
Islamic Technology;
An Illustrated History

1986; UNESCO and University of Cambridge
UNESCO ISBN 92 3 102294 6
Cambridge ISBN 0 521 26333 6

Swords & Weaponry

Davidson, H. R. Ellis
The Sword in Anglo-Saxon England
Its Archeology and Literature
1962; Boydell Press; Woodbridge, Suffolk
Rochester, New York
ISBN 0-85115-355-0 (Since reprinted)

Oakshot, R. Ewart
The Sword in the Age of Chivalry
1964; Lutterworth Press, London

Michael D. Coe, et al
Swords and Hilt Weapons
1989; Weidenfeld & Nicholson, NY
ISBN 1 55584 2909 (Since reprinted by Barnes and Noble)

Peterson, Harold L.
Daggers and Fighting Knives of the Western World,
From the Stone Age ?till 1900
1968; Walker and Company, NY

Hrisoulas, Jim
The Complete Bladesmith
1987; Paladin Press; Boulder, Colorado
ISBN 0-87364-430-1

Hrisoulas, Jim
The Master Bladesmith
1991; Paladin Press; Boulder, Colorado
ISBN 0-87364-612-6


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