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Hi all, I'm the newbie for today and I wanted in introduce my self. I live just outside of Vancouver Canada. I come from a family of collectors (this is my excuse for collectiong just about everything that is sharp, pointy or might go boom). I have a special facination of old blades. I used to collect only British blades but have always found myself drawn to the blades the British would have met during the hayday of thier colonial expansion.

As far as I can tell I have blades from Nepal, Russian States, Persia (armour), India and Turkey. I have began to purchase books - I have Stone's Glossary, Dr. Figiel's book on Danascus (it makes me drool :D) and Anthony Tirri's mamouth volume on Islamic Weapons.

I look forward to posting blades in my collection and taking part in the great discussions.

Finally, I'm a crappy speller.

I look forward partisipating in this forum.

Cheers,

Greg

Welcome to the board! I'm looking forward to see your collection. I'm from Thailand by the way. But I spend most of my life in the US.

Welcome to the Forum. Great comun passion, collecting, maybe you'll post a few of your pieces here. Few hints about your books:
Cameron Stone's "Glossary of...." is one of my most treasured books but many "groundbreaking discoveries" have been made since the times that was wrote but the book itself its well accepted as the "Beginner's Bible". No one else ever since darred making a better universal compendium.
Tirri's giant " Islamic weapons - Maghrib to Moghul" has been the subject of vivid debates. I am one of those that accuse Tirri of slight amateurism for the sake of spectacular and exotic. The examples used have not necesarilly been the most representative. The book has had so much advertising now you are being backfired if criticise it. But again, I love reading it and consult it at times.

Welcome! You'll feel right at home around here, I think.

Radu is absolutely correct about Stone and Tirri: good books for what they are, but there are other well-researched and more comprehensive writings out there. For instance, Robert Elgood's work is outstanding, in my opinion.

By the way, Radu, I think Tirri (and any other author, for that matter) is perfectly fair game for criticism. I just have a problem when that criticism is leveled on this forum in an impolite, uncivil fashion. ;)

My turn , one more thing ; please read the posting rules if you haven't already .

Welcome to our world . ;) :D

Rick

Hi Greg – welcome to the forum.

When Stone and Tirri are mentioned, why not also mention Egerton, Lord of Tatton? As his book ‘Indian and Oriental Armour’ could also be of interest to you. You can get a reprint very cheap, so do yourself a favour – buy it now before it is sold out:).

Robert Elgood has edited a book and written several, all worth having, and don’t jump the fence where it is lowest, read the notes as well, and you will be surprised of all the pieces of information he gives – if you are interested in the subject that is.

There are, of course, many more books, and according to you wallet and interests, I would be surprised, if the members of the forum could not fill a bookcase or two within a very short time.

Thanks for the welcome guys. As to books, I agree I should be spending more on them than on swords. Can I access them via the forum or do I have to go through ABE Books.com?

Greg

Helllo, welcome. :)

Recommended book search: ;)
1) BookFinder.com
http://www.bookfinder.com/

2) Bookstore 'De Verre Volken' is established inside the National Museum of Ethnology at Leiden.
http://cgi.ethnographicartbooks.com/...re_vvolken.cgi

Not that ive ever done it, right? :D

Ahhh , Radu but now you are a Phoenix are you not ? ;) :D

Actually, I was thinking of someone else. :D

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:eek: Its about time my friend, spelling is optional...

Don't worry about spelling as long as you write "Dahb" instead of "Darb" :D :D :D
And, in general, broken English is an international language of science.