The World Encyclopedia of Knives, Daggers & Bayonets: An Authoritative History and Visual Directory of Sharp-edged Weapons and Blades from around the World, with more than 700 Photographs

I bought "The World Encyclopedia of Knives, Daggers & Bayonets" as a Father's Day gift, and my dad absolutely loves it! The detailed descriptions and beautiful illustrations make it a fascinating read for any knife enthusiast.

Informative, great pictures and history. My husband loves it.

Off the top of my head I would say that if an eleven year old child perused a book often and hard enough to fall asleep with it over his face five nights a week for three weeks straight that the volume was well received. My grandson is infatuated with all things bright, polished, and deadly; has been for years. This book had the effect of increasing his awareness of and appreciation for metal that could do damage. Now, if we could just get him interested in school.

Well laid out, and comprehensive.

A great knife book for a knife enthusiastArrived quickly and in perfect condition

Interesting info with lots of images. However, a lot of terms used in the book are misleading or flat out wrong.

I bought this book because I'm a knifemaker, and I wanted to have a reference book of various historical knife styles, but this book isn't it. It should be named "Bayonets and Daggers", because that's pretty much the focus. There is very very little in the way of knife history, and what is there is brief, and it doesn't delve into technical aspects of the blades.

More so a kids book and less of a decent historical reference.