Edged-instrument fans get the most comprehensive history of Collins machetes and bowies ever published inside. Daniel E. Henry includes more than 1,200 blade instruments, and blade accessories are profiled.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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major work on the machete and bowies,
By A Customer
This review is from: Collins' Machetes and Bowies, 1845-1965 (Paperback)
Since I appear many times in the text of this book as an observor, as a facilitator, and as a source, it may be considered presumptuous for me to review it. But since I am competent to do so, here goes.
Ed and I knew each other from 1971 when we first met. Since I am in MD and he was in CA our face time was limited but we kept in close touch by snail mail and phone.
He made many trips to the source at Collinsville and I dug a large amount of materials out of the National Archives, Smithsonian, and the Library of Congress. Since Ed focused strictly on Collins products and only on the sub lines of machetes and I am interested in all military edged tools and cutlery as well as axe work in general, we overlapped our interests.
Is this the book I have written or would have? Certainly not, but I know for certain that it is all in focus and, unless there is a new vast discovery of documents, if there is anything more to be known about Collins machetes you can put in a very small pot. By focusing as he did Ed was able to find things that I never did nor even thought to look for.
The ultimate test of this kind of book is is it interesting, and is it useful? I think it is so, and I wll be able to chop out all the corporate history which was in my original work and refer the reader to this one.
Carter Rila
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Collins Machetes And Bowies 1845-1965,
By Douglas Freer (West Hurley, New York 12491) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Collins' Machetes and Bowies, 1845-1965 (Paperback)
The book has alot of information. I own one of the old Machetes and it was quite interesting to read about it. I would highly recommend this bood to anyone owning a Collins Machete.
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This review is from: Collins' Machetes and Bowies, 1845-1965 (Paperback)
An ideal book for reference info on machettes. Henry gathered the info before the factory info disappeared and writes in plain english. I found an old #191 and wanted to find info and this book was the only one I could find. A book that will add a lot to your military or edged weapon collection. Al
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