7 page illustrated article from a scarce 1896 Victorian periodical, the article is entitled "Swords -How they are made and Something about Curious Ones" 

The article is full of interesting information on swords, sword making and history of swords. detailing the process at Wilkinson Sword Co Works Chelsea after an interview with Mr John F Latham at the works

Illustrations include -

The British Bayonet

Sword Grinding operations

Bayonet Testing

Testing Cavalry Swords No 1 and No 2

Relative sizes and shapes of three cavalry swords

Sword grip and block from which it is carved

The Tulwar with scabbard

Ghoorka knife

Sikh Pata

Snake Sword and Scabbard

Mahratta

Indian chain sword

Mahratta Wadkah with handle

Dyak Sword

Hindoo split sword

CONDITION Please note these are genuine actual pages extracted from a rare disbound publication, there are no covers and there may be extracts from other articles at the start or end. Images show the article whilst in its still bound state, the article will be posted as loose pages.Whilst the images show the article in its still bound state, the article will be sent as loose pages. Some pages may be showing signs of foxing / browning due to the age of the paper

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