William Gilkerson |
Boarders Away - |
Colonel Robert H Rankin |
Small Arms of the Sea Services 1972 |
Christian Aries |
Armes Blanches Militaires Francaises 1974 |
Sarah C Wolfe |
Naval Edged Weapons (1775 - |
Kurt Bang Peterson |
Danske Marineblankvåben I 2001 |
Juan L. Calvo |
Armas enastadas (III) Chuzos y hachas de abordaje 2006 |
Drs. G.R. Hof |
De blanke wapens van de Frans- |
George Neumann |
Swords & Blades of the American Revolution 1973 |
Curator. Leon Homberg |
Marinemuseum/Dutch Navy Museum |
Digital Archives |
The National Maritime Museum, The Navy Museum, and the Army Museum, Sweden. |
Digital Archive |
The Norwegian Navy Museum |
Curator. Frédérique Chapelay |
Musée national de la Marine. Paris |
Curator. Robert Woosnam- |
Royal Armouries. Leeds |
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Secondary Sources listed below: |
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Jean Boudroit and Michel Petard |
Marine Royale 17th- |
Jean Boudroit |
The Seventy- |
Charles Ffoulks |
Sword, Lance and Bayonet - |
John McGrath and Mark Barton |
British Naval Swords and Swordmanship 2013 |
Digital Archive |
The Rijksmuseum |
Wikipedia |
Historical perspective of national navies |
Cesare Calamandrei |
Storia Dell'Arma Bianca Italiana 1999 |
Michel Pétard |
Le Sabre d’Abordage 2006 |
Curator. Dominique Prevot |
Musée de l’Armée. Paris |
Skennerton Ian D. (Ed) |
List of changes in British War Materials 1886- |
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Addition/Correction |
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June 2015 |
+1786 Model French Axe, Improved Spanish Information, + Scandinavian private purchase axe, + Manufacturer British axes - |
French,Spanish,P P, British pages |
January 2016 |
French 1852 additional pictures, + French 1833 Private Purchase, + Brit/US Wolff Private Purchase |
French, Private Purchase pages |
August 2016 |
Spell correction Bates to Yates. Add photo Gilpin mark. Latest date to 1899. Add Maberly, Whyll to makers. Spell correction Brookes to Brooks. Add photo of Brooks maker name. Addition of Portuguese page. Email button. Addition of Halberd Type page Addition of Links page |
British Private Purchase Portugal Home, Sources and Portugal Halberd Type Boarding Axes Links |
April 2017 |
Major revision to French page Correction C&N to C&M |
French British |
March 2019 |
Major revision to British page. |
British |
July 2019 |
Additional Prussian axe. |
Other Navies |
Feb 2021 |
Update to American page to include British/ American and relic heads. |
American |
August 2022 |
Major revision of American page |
American |
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