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On the Web
- Ethnographic Edged Weapons Resource Site - Covers the edged weapons of numerous cultures worldwide including original material and links.
- Badb Ltd. - Specialises in World War II de-activated weapons, militaria, replica weapons, airsoft guns, blank firing weapons and edged weapons.
- Mediaeval Sword - Information on antique European medieval edged weapons from the Dark Ages to 1500 AD. Includes a list of related events, museums and bibliography.
- Internet Sword Collectors Association - Information, articles and links on antique and collectible swords and edged weapons.
- Collectible Firearms and Edged Weapons - Dealers in European collectible firearms and edged weapons. Importers of books on the subject.
- Civil War Weapons - Descriptions and photos of Civil War weapons, including small arms, edged weapons, and artillery.
- Pihakaetta - A collector demonstrates and explains the piha, an edged blade from Sri Lanka.
- Edges2, Inc. Training Blades - Supplier of aluminum training knives and swords, rattan sticks, edged weapons training safety equipment.
- Culloden House Antiques - Buys, sells, trades and consigns edged weapons, firearms, armour and miscellaneous arms, weapons and headgear. Includes photos and descriptions of items for sale.
- Forever Edge - Japanese sword polishing and custom mounting by Brandon T, located in the US.
Wikipedia Articles
- Sabre - The sabre or saber (see spelling differences) traces its origins to the European backsword and usually but not always has a curved, single-edged blade and a rather large hand guard, covering the knuckles of the hand as well as the thumb and forefinger. Although sabres are typically thought of as curved-bladed slashing weapons, those used by the world's heavy cavalry often had straight and even double-edged blades more suitable for thrusting.
- Cupstone - Variously known as cupstones, "anvil stones," "pitted cobbles" and "nutting stones," among other names, these roughly discoidal or amorphous groundstone artifacts are among the most common lithic remains of Native American culture, especially in the Midwest, in Early Archaic contexts. They have received little study, perhaps because edged tools and weapons have more intrinsic interest to collectors, but closer study of them might reveal something of domestic practices and toolmaking technology.
- Amakuni - is the legendary swordsmith who created the first single-edged longsword (tachi) with curvature along the edge in the Yamato Province around 700 AD. He was the head of a group of swordsmiths employed by the Emperor of Japan to make weapons for his warriors.
- Shaken - Shaken (車剣, also known as kurumaken) are a type of Shuriken, which is a traditional Japanese throwing weapon. They were made from flat plates of metal and fashioned into sharp edged, concealable weapons of varying shapes and sizes, and were mainly used by throwing one or more at the exposed parts of an enemy's body, to cause injury or distraction in battle.
- Heat (1987 film) - Heat is a 1987 crime drama starring Burt Reynolds and adapted by William Goldman from his 1985 novel of the same name (also known as Edged Weapons). The director of the film is credited as Jerry Jameson, but seven different directors worked on the film.