(editor's note: This page was created as my first web project in October 1994. Out of respect and nostalgia for the early days of the WWW, I've left this page pretty much as it was created.)

Everybody's got to have a hobby other than seeking information-overload via the internet. Well, I've found a way to incorporate both my net addiction and my fascination with armor and weapons. This web page is a start - it's based on a random collection of arms and armor photos from George Cameron Stone's "A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor in All Countries and In All Times" that I found deep in a K-12 gopher. I did the descriptions out of memory, so if you notice any errors in nomenclature, drop me a letter and I'll fix it.

Click on the thumbnail picture or on the description to see the full version.

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European arms and armor

• Gothic harness - Germany, circa 1480 (125K)
• Maximillian harness - Germany, circa 1530 (132K)
• Scale armor (97K)
• Military forks (83K)
• Main gauche: left-hand daggers for rapier dueling (72K)
• Armored gauntlets (177K)
• War hammers - for smashing plate armor (119K)
• Holy-water sprinklers (74K)
• Cinquedias - Italian daggers, circa 1450's (76K)
• Partisans - mid 16th century polearms (149K)
• More Partisans - mid 16th century polearms (79K)
• Bills - English polearms (83K)
• Ranseurs (127K)
• Glaives (108K)
• Tridents (53K)
• A Halberd (94K)
• More Halberds (154K)
• Another Partisan (31K)
• Various sword basket-hilts (144K)
• Great swords - German and English (57K)
• Rapiers (153K)
• Trebuchet - a siege weapon (83K)

Japanese arms and armor

• Japanese harness (69K)
• Japanese harness (134K)
• Japanese harness (76K)
• Several types of arrowheads (84K)
• Closeup view of three ornate arrowheads (82K)
• Really cool horse armor (138K)
• Kogai - a small skewer that is part of a katana's mounting (39K)

Indo-Persian arms and armor

Prime steel - closeups of damascus sword blades (103K)

Malaysian arms and armor

Polynesian war and fishing spears (169K)

Miscellaneous arms and armor

African throwing knives (71K)

page created 10/94 ... last modified: 5/20/96