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Title: Why Not To Buy This Book
Review: This book is very overpriced. The authors have taken information from earlier books and compacted it. How do I know this. in 1978 I read a very good book on Japanese Polearms that was about twice as thick and without the authors assessment of pottery shards. Unfortunately I borrowed the book from the Univ. of Richmond and it is very out of print. Secondly as a student of edged weapons I was able to see mistakes the authors made: such as showing a drawing of a halberd that they had determined was for parade purposes due to it's size, they do not mention that the halberd is either an import or copy of a Chinese weapon that was fairly common. They also do not mention the Japanese Battle axe which due to it's long handle should be included as a polearm. If the book can be found for a quarter of the present price then buy it otherwise do not bother
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