Internet Sword Collectors Association
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Sword Collecting Reference Books
Here are our Top Ten Recommendations: Click to Order From AMAZON!
The American Sword by Harold Peterson
- The Original American Sword Bible!
American Swords and Swordmakers by Richard Bezdek
- Lists all the makers plus photos!
American Swords and Swordmakers Vol II by Richard Bezdek
- More makers, more photos!
Confederate Edged Weapons by William Albaugh and Carl Pugliese
- Rebel edged weapons!
Swords and Sword Makers of the War of 1812 by Richard Bezdek
- The first US contract swords!
Boarders Away: With Steel by William Gilkerson
- Naval Weapons and cutlasses!
Swords of Germany 1900 / 1945 by John Angolia
- The definitive book on WWII German!
Japanese Military and Civil Swords and Dirks by Richard Fuller and Ron Gregory
- One book for WWII!
The Connoisseur's Book of Japanese Swords by Kokan Nagayama, Kenji Mishina (translator)
- The best!
The Craft of the Japanese Sword by Leon and Hiroko Kapp, Yoshindo Yoshihara
- Swordmaking!