mongol swords/mamluke/crusader swords

[Jim McDougall]

Originally Posted by ariel

Gorelik is the best academic source, but he does not show actual photos: only his drawings.
Gutowski is great , with very good historical introduction on the history of Tatars in Poland, but the actual examples are quite late as Teodor mentioned.
I would add David Nicolle " Arms and armor of the crusading era. 1050-1350. Islam, Eastern Europe and Asia" ISBN 1-85367-369-2
I would look also at Artzi's site: he has 2 nomad swords for sale, 9-11 centuries.
http://www.oriental-arms.com/items.php?coll=2&cat=1

This is great information for our ambitious young friend! Hopefully he will let us know if he finds anything useful. Its always good to see inquisitive young minds leaning toward the study of weapons history.