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Jim McDougall · 30th January 2008, 01:31 AM

You're very welcome Rob, very nice piece that appears to have some quite interesting historical possibilities. As I noted in my post, Mark's assessment was pretty much right on target as near as I can tell, and he has focused on these types of weapons for some time. The Gilkerson book is great as it is one of the first books addressing maritime weapons that extends as far as not only American weapons, but to the Civil War and later.

Prior to this book, the best book including American weapons earlier has always been G.Neumann "Swords and Blades of the American Revolution".

All best regards,
Jim

30th January 2008, 01:31 AM	#5
Jim McDougall Arms Historian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Route 66 Posts: 10,459	You're very welcome Rob, very nice piece that appears to have some quite interesting historical possibilities. As I noted in my post, Mark's assessment was pretty much right on target as near as I can tell, and he has focused on these types of weapons for some time. The Gilkerson book is great as it is one of the first books addressing maritime weapons that extends as far as not only American weapons, but to the Civil War and later. Prior to this book, the best book including American weapons earlier has always been G.Neumann "Swords and Blades of the American Revolution". All best regards, Jim