Need guidance

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Originally Posted by ariel

Colleagues,
I am thinking about writing an article on the genesis of a particular weapon.
Do you know any journals dedicated to the history of weapons ( perhaps more specifically, oriental ones)?

I know of Gladius( but it is in Spanish) and Arms and Armour ( Royal Armories).

Any more?
Many thanks.

I and various people I know have looked into this matter and unfortunately when you give your article to a publication it often will be buried and not seen by most people with an interest in the subject. Your article will be out there but if your intention is to share your knowledge with other people you may end up doing no more than getting your article in a publication were it will languish unread for the most part. You will often loose your ownership as well and some publications require a payment from people who want to read your article which can further limit its readership.

I opted to create articles in Wikipedia on a few subjects which I found were not adequately represented online. There are drawbacks to this method as well but I have found that many more people have an oppertunity to read what I have to share with this method due to the huge internet presence of Wikipedia.

Here are a couple of examples.
Kusari (Japanese mail armor). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kusari_...e_mail_armour)
Kura (saddle). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kura_(saddle)