Afghan Peshkabz

ariel · 8th July 2005, 09:19 PM

As a personal (and bitterly earned.....) advise: before buying any more blades, get a copy of the Stone's book . Then take a month off, sit down, read it and......enjoy! DO NOT buy anything during that time.
Many people will criticize Stone to the end and will cite hair-splitting errors (in their learned opinion, of course!) all over the book. Ignore them: there is no better overall guide than this one.When you absorb Stone, start reading specialized books: Elgood on Arabian swords, Cato on Moro swords, etc. I think, a good collector should have a pound of reference material per every 10 pounds of metal, with Stone as a foundation.

8th July 2005, 09:19 PM	#18
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	As a personal (and bitterly earned.....) advise: before buying any more blades, get a copy of the Stone's book . Then take a month off, sit down, read it and......enjoy! DO NOT buy anything during that time. Many people will criticize Stone to the end and will cite hair-splitting errors (in their learned opinion, of course!) all over the book. Ignore them: there is no better overall guide than this one.When you absorb Stone, start reading specialized books: Elgood on Arabian swords, Cato on Moro swords, etc. I think, a good collector should have a pound of reference material per every 10 pounds of metal, with Stone as a foundation.