ISBN-13: 9789004227835 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 292 str.
ISBN-13: 9789004227835 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 292 str.
The sword was the most important of weapons, but relatively little has been written about its metallurgy. The results of the microscopic examination of over a hundred swords are used to tell the story of the making of swords from the first examples through the Middle Ages to the 16th century.