It may seem that only relatively new weapons can be collected in the traditional sense. Of course, the older the weapon, the more expensive it will cost and the more effort and time you will have to spend to get it. Nevertheless, it is possible to get it. Private and aristocratic collections are sold out …

Information taken from the book "Cortices of the USSR" It would be fair to open the history of the Soviet cortex proper with this particular model, which was the first one developed in the Soviet Union and later served as a prototype for the creation of other cortices for other branches of the armed forces. …

I will share a few pictures from the exhibition of Antique Weapons. Antique weapons exhibitions can be said to be a must-visit for all gun collectors. So many positive emotions you can not get, not in one museum of the WORLD. At the exhibition you can find French, Russian, Japanese and other… You need to …

Origin of the duel As early as 712 AD, so-called legal duels were fought between the warring parties in Germany to determine who was right and who was wrong.If there was a disagreement with a neighbor about where the property line was, they did not go to court and call the local surveyor, but took …

The article is taken from the Book Collecting Edged Weapons of the Third Reich. Volume II, 88 p. Thomas M. Johnson Die Klinge – May, 1940, p. 122 Weapons of Honor for Diplomats. Left: Sword for diplomats. The blade of this sword has an oval shape, nickel-plated, engraved. From the middle of the blade begins …

This article is taken from the book "Cold Steel Weapons of the Kuban Cossacks" and the superfluous text is slightly removed and additional photos are added for more convenient reading. The object of the study is a cold blade (white) weapon used by the Cossacks of the Kuban army. This army, which is, according to …

Hello, I came across some interesting videos – Interview about the famous Caucasian restorer and collector…I decided to share it with you. Shapi Kurbanov, the restorer of Caucasian weapons, tells about the history of daggers, about the type of daggers and blades and about the maintenance of Caucasian weapons. Also, Shapi Kurbanov in one of …

Sword Prussian Infantry Officer Model 1889 The blade is straight, nickel-plated, with two narrow lobes. Ephesus consists of a handle and a brass gilded guard. The handle is made of black bakelite, twisted along the transverse grooves with twisted wire. On the obverse side of the blackened handle there is an overhead monogram of Emperor …

Since time immemorial, the cane was an invariable attribute of the male costume of a person from high society, and among the burghers the cane was not uncommon, but it was not only a symbol of power, an attribute of elegance, imitation or fashion … it was also a weapon. Swords nested in a hollow …