Top 25 Visited Links

Auction site for antique and collectible swords.

Every Japanese sword enthusiast does or should know about Richard Stein's Japanese Sword Index; it is easily the best nihonto resource site on the Internet.

A vital reference page for state French swords, especially the Napoleonic era. Details specifically how swords were marked. Look closely, anything you find on a sword that is not fully compliant is most likely a repro!
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A VERY useful British Georgian era sword identification page.

I am a passionate German sword buyer, German dagger buyer and general military collectibles enthusiast, I have been collecting militaria for the past 25 years, the whole time being an interesting learning experience.It all started when my...

An absolutely vital French sword resource, especially for state issued Napoleonic swords. So many fakes out there, this guide to the inspection marks (poincons) found on authentic French swords will help you avoid the repros! Click "Les...

or sourcing and buying genuine affordable antique Indian edged weapons over the internet.

An excellent resource identifying US sword patterns using thumbnail image links to more detailed / further images. Follow the link on this page to a very useful buyer's price guide for various authentic US models. A real 10/10. ...

An excellent resource for identifying both WW1 and WW2 German bayonets.

A VERY good site for researching and identifying Danish swords, from the Danish Arms and Armour Society.

A very good site for information and identification of the various types of keris and where they were made. Not the easiest site to navigate - go to the bottom of the page for the links to the various information pages that will actually help you.

Richard Stein's excellent overview of Japanese military swords, particularly helpful for WW2 Imperial Japanese army / naval sword enthusiasts.

I'm a collector who has to sell in order to buy more swords to enjoy due to financial and space constraints! I hope I therefore offer a more selective range of swords, sabres, cutlasses, dirks, shamshirs, shin gunto, katanas, tulwar, etc. I ship...

Site selling reproduction swords. What? Repros? Hold on, this is a commercial site that sells fakes in a resource category? Yes, absolutely. By keeping up to date with what repro swords are on the market and what they look like, you can avoid them...

This is a Google Books link that should display all / most of Hart's Army Lists; the first page and a few are FULL VIEW (free, you do not have to pay to look at / download them). A VITAL tool when researching British officers.

Want to what "A & SH" means when you find it stamped on a Scottish dirk? This very useful sites lists the abbreviations and full titles for most British and Commonwealth regiments / corps.
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http://www.japan-katana.com Japanese Katana

This has to be THE resource for F-S fighting knives. Plus US commando knives of course!

Not for British officer promotions per say, but the official announcements paper and VERY useful research site allowing British officers to be traced during their military careers, in civy street, their marriages, children, parents, deaths, etc.

An excellent site for researching British officers, especially during WW2. This includes Royal Naval officers who are incredibly hard to officially research due to British Royal Naval restrictions. And, if they do not have an officer listed, let...

Very useful resource showing authentic German dagger maker marks

Got an early 19th century British naval sword with provenance and what to know if that person (along with their weapon) was at the Battle of Trafalgar? Best check the Trafalgar Roll.

A place to research fallen British Commonwealth soldiers and civilians. So, if you have a WW1 / WW2 sword with provenance, this is one place to start looking up details about the original owner.

This is a very useful site for older blades in WW2 mounts.

Very useful list of RZM marks Vs the maker's who owned them!