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Blades and Barrels or "cut 'n shoot" / combination weapons
BLADES AND BARRELS
six centuries of combination weapons
by H. GORDON FROST
This is the complete reference on the history of
combination weapons over the past six centuries. The inside jacket reads "Blades
and Barrels is the first full scale study ever written about man's attempt to
combine an edged weapon with a firearm.
The book covers knife pistols, cutlass
pistols, mace pistols, axe pistols and war hammer pistols. In depth studies of
companies such as Unwin & Rodgers, Harrington & Richardson, Frank Wesson, Colt,
Boden and Dolne. Contains 400 photographs from private and museum collections,
the author spent over 20 years researching and compiling this information.
Copyright 1972. The book is out of print, a very rare and important reference.
Belgian pin fire revolver with folding knife
French pin fire revolver with shoulder stock and stick-on bayonet
Dumonthier double barreled dagger pistol, cased with scabbard
TSM marked ivory sheathed percussion pistol
and dirk, circa 1850s
Martin, Glasgow, case pair of spring-bayonet pistols
Dumonthier with etched blade and case
Lebaron quality revolver with case
Ouvrier knife pistol with cork screw
Unwin & Rodgers Sheffield knife pistol
Arrate Eibar revolver with dirk
Dumonthier double barreled dagger pistol with scabbard
Deleaxhe triple combination knuckle duster
Weyersberg Kirschbaum hunting sword revolver
Dolne combination revolver/ knuckle duster / swing-out dagger
Granberg model 1840 prison knife pistol
Baker transitional with bayonet + belt hook
single shot pocket knife with awl and cork screw
Jones, cased pepperbox with switch blade
Dumonthier double barreled dagger pistol