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Our affiliate relationship with Amazon.com allows us to earn referral credit on each purchase made from this bookstore. Should you find a title that you wish to purchase, simply add it to your shopping cart. When ready to checkout, return to your cart and complete your transaction. All orders are securely handled, processed, and fulfilled by Amazon.com.  Shown below is a randomly-selected title from our reading list: Highland Swordsmanship: Techniques of the Scottish Sword Masters by Sir William Hope, Donald McBane, Mark Rector, Paul Wagner  A Compendium of the redoubtable Soldier, fencing master, and prize fighter DONALD McBANE's Expert Sword-Man's Companion, late Deputy-Governour of Edinburgh Castle and celebrated Sword-man Sir WILLIAM HOPE's New Method ofFencing, and PAUL WAGNER's fine essay GAELIC SWORDSMANSHIP. The Scottish Highlander has been romanticized in poetry, song and legend, immortalized in the figures of Bonnie Prince Charlie and Rob Roy. His reputationas a fierce fighter and deadly swordsman was ...
Our Price: $29.95 List Price: $29.95 Edition: Paperback  Show DetailsOther items of interest: • Highland Broadsword: Five Manuals of Scottish Regimental Swordsmanship • Highland Knife Fighting: With the Dirk and Sgian • Lannaireachd: Gaelic Swordsmanship • English Swordsmanship: The True Fight of George Silver • Fighting with the German Longsword This item is on 12 member reading lists: JE Sarge :: Unrated —Updated Jun 5, 2009 Thom R. ::   * RECOMMENDED *Another great one from Chivalry publishing, This has primarily McBane's and Hope's manuals with some background and some nice drawings of posiitons/guards. Recommended for anyone interested in this style of late 17th c swordplay. Hope was a big proponent of the hanging guard and ... • Read full review —Updated Feb 4, 2009 Rex Metcalf ::  * RECOMMENDED *—Updated Feb 15, 2008 Michael O'Neill :: Unrated —Updated Jan 2, 2008 Dietrich Dellinger :: —Updated Jun 25, 2007 Justin King :: Unrated —Updated Apr 22, 2007 Nathan Robinson :: —Updated Mar 18, 2006 Manfred Fritz :: —Updated Oct 19, 2005 Daniel Parry :: —Updated Aug 10, 2005 Allen Johnson :: Unrated —Updated Aug 9, 2005 Bill Grandy :: This book has it's ups and downs. As a book containing transcriptions of original 18th century Scottish fencing manuals, this book is great. It has essays to explain the history and context surrounding the Highlands of Scotland during this time period. Donald McBane's fencing ... • Read full review —Updated Aug 6, 2005 Patrick Kelly :: This is a very interesting book on a little studied facet of european swordsmanship. Well illustrated and photographed, this book is a very good resource for anyone interested in the arms of the Scottish Highlander, and their use. —Updated Jul 31, 2005 |
