It seems alot of these weapons books written by questionable scholars are popping up. I just got one called "Weaponry- An Illustrated History" by C Willis with wildly inaccurate information on pieces, modern pieces and tourist stuff listed as true weapons,etc. The scary thing is that this book's photos were all taken from the Berman Museum collection (Alibama). Still, I picked up the book for cheap and there were a few nice swords depicted (including a beautiful gem-studded Persian shimshar owned by Abbas I and given to Catherine the Great).
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