Clandestine Edged Weapons (WWII Thumb & Garrote Knives, Fair Swords) by: Dr William Windrum

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Dr. William A. Windrum has been a collector of interesting and exotic military knives for several decades. Beginning in 1996, Dr. Windrum undertook the task of photographing his collection and putting to paper the wealth of information he had gathered over the years. The result was a series of KNIFE WORLD articles on subjects that included Fairbairn-Sykes and other commando knives as well as clandestine edged weapons such as the Fair-Sword. These articles have now been collected in two books from Phillips Publications, THE EARLIEST COMMANDO KNIVES and CLANDESTINE EDGED WEAPONS.

Clandestine Edged Weapons compiles all of Windrums KNIFE WORLD articles on clandestine items into a convenient and inexpensive volume, something that everyone who enjoyed them the first time around should find most useful. It consists of seven articles: Clandestine Edged Weapons: Thumb Knives, More Clandestine Edged Weapons: Instep and Penetrating Knives, Clandestine Garrote Knives of WWII, Clandestine Weapons: Four Other Types, The Fair-Sword, Fairbairns Improved Smatchet, The Fair-Sword Revisited, and The CIAs Air America Knife. Each is illustrated with photographs of many rare and unusual knives, some of them one-of-a-kind (or nearly so). A few period images have been added to this collection, which help to place the knives in a wartime context. The text brims with information gained from the authors many years of study and research, and evidences the keen eye that Dr. Windrum has for detail. 1754

Status: For Sale	Reference#: KW_2001_0932572383_WH1
Condition: New	Year: 2001
Country: USA	Maker: Phillips Publications
Height: 8.25 in. (20.95 cm)
Width: 5.38 in. (13.67 cm)	Weight: 0.4375
Title: Clandestine Edged Weapons
Type: Book

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