World's Largest Free Online Sword Museum - 365 Pieces & Counting

[Bill Blake]

Hi All!

I'm a fellow blade enthusiast, I've been making and studying them for about 15 years. Frustrated with the lack of informative sites regarding swords on the net, and how difficult it was to get useful information out of the sword forums I had used I decided it was time to stop lamenting and do something about it.

Over the last six months I've put together 365 swords and knives along with detailed photos and all available measurements, as well as scholarly articles submitted by fellow academics regarding archaeological finds and studies.

The page also lays out in detail several of the most commonly used typologies for swords and provides extracts from relevant texts.

I'm really proud of the site and what it stands for. The culture of some existing sword forums is frosty to outsiders to say the least and I've spent alot of time culling out the trolls so that genuine folks, whether they be newbies or PhD's feel welcome and protected from griefers. I've been on the receiving end of some pretty concerted hating myself on other sword forums, and that was what pushed me in the direction of making my own site without all that sort of nastiness!

We're now clocking in at about 170,000 visits a month! So its safe to say the site has been an overwhelming success despite it's being less than a year old!

Importantly for the BladeForums crowd I've included a large number of historic knives, with some modern ones (exceptional pieces) to come in due course too. They will have their own section in the coming weeks but currently are counted among the swords though are easy to find with the search function.

If all of the above sounds like the kind of thing that interests you I'd love for you to come and have a look. Us sword guys needed a reference like this an I'm proud to say we now have one.

My expertise is European Swords not modern knives, though I would love to have a detailed section on modern knives, so any genuinely knowledgeable and nice folks who want to contribute to the burgeoning knife section will be warmly received.

Here's the address: http://www.sword-site.com

All the best,

Bill Blake

 

[horseclover]

You are replicating information already on sites such as myArmoury.com

There have been a number if other attempts (all well meaning, including your's) Blog's attempts to gather articles, on and on. The sites that have been the most successful are the sites you yourself abhor. Sword Forum International, myArmoury, Schola and even SBG (horrors, right?).

From the last few visits I have actually looked at your efforts, you are simply copying and pasting what you seem to value as interesting.

For the modern stuff, I hate to disappoint again. Sites such as swordsandpistols.co oldswords.com and even the daily traffic at vikingswords and SFI are more now than any one person will ever catch up with. It boils down to whom you might feel would even be comfortable working with you.

What I see here is a lonely guy with very little in return for your efforts (however noble that truly is).

Good luck with that

Cheers

Someone that tried to help and found themselves shunned by you.

 

[Triton]

I won't pretend I understand the political curents that are obviously swirling about here, but I will say that there are some very nice pictures on the site, some I have not seen previously. I'm adding it to my file of resources, thanks for pointing it out!

 

[BePrepared]

I've never understood why horseclover feels the need to piss negativity all over every thread he sees...

even when he's right, he covers it by being a colossal PITA.

Anyway, nice site

 

[horseclover]

I've never understood why horseclover feels the need to piss negativity all over every thread he sees...

even when he's right, he covers it by being a colossal PITA.

Anyway, nice site

Likewise, I also see a trend of those that have no real understanding of what someone else posts and feels the need to take offense and attack with pointy sticks. That includes exchanges in private with Bill, despite what he see as attacks. I have been more than supportive of Bill's efforts while pointing out the reality of his own bitterness towards others.

If someone wants to support and engage in discussion there, he is certainly eager to see that (on his terms).

Cheers

GC

 

[horseclover]

BTW, his main interest is flooding search engines and other venues with his topic header. Free has always been a big draw.

Cheers

GC