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JamesKelly · 13th August 2014, 08:27 PM

Jens -
Thanks for the suggested authors. I have a couple of them (including your article in Arms & Armour V10 #1) & will slowly order more.

In both fire- and cold arms, published works have useful information but often severely limited illustrations.
My immediate question is how do I recognize a peacock that has been (to my eye) stylized out of all resemblance to anything avian. There is, so far as I know, no book entitled Peacocks on Indian Weapons. For that matter I've found no works specifically on katars, or on shields. Therefore, I have begun assembling my own computer "books" for these fields. For some time I've found this approach helpful in certain narrow firearms interests.
This site is a wonderful source. And the better dealers have numerous & often superb photos.

13th August 2014, 08:27 PM	#14
JamesKelly Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Michigan, U.S.A. Posts: 108	Jens - Thanks for the suggested authors. I have a couple of them (including your article in Arms & Armour V10 #1) & will slowly order more. In both fire- and cold arms, published works have useful information but often severely limited illustrations. My immediate question is how do I recognize a peacock that has been (to my eye) stylized out of all resemblance to anything avian. There is, so far as I know, no book entitled Peacocks on Indian Weapons. For that matter I've found no works specifically on katars, or on shields. Therefore, I have begun assembling my own computer "books" for these fields. For some time I've found this approach helpful in certain narrow firearms interests. This site is a wonderful source. And the better dealers have numerous & often superb photos.