Frederick Wilkinson
Author of Swords and Hilt Weapons
About the Author
Series
Works by Frederick Wilkinson
Badges of the British Army, 1820-1960 : an illustrated reference guide for collectors (1969) 32 copies, 2 reviews
Cavalry and Yeomanry Badges of the British Army, 1914 [An illustrated reference guide for collectors] (1973) 6 copies
Let's look at arms and armour 4 copies
Flintlock pistols : an illustrated reference guide to flintlock pistols from the 17th to the 19th century (1969) 3 copies
Les armes à feu. 3 copies
Antique Guns & Gun Collecting 2 copies
Batailles célèbres 1 copy
Vuistvuurwapens: een fraai geïllustreerde gids voor verzamelaars van pistolen en revolvers vanaf 1850 (1994) 1 copy
Handvuurwapens toen en nu 1 copy
Le grand livre des pistolets 1 copy
Käsiaseet 1 copy
Le uniformi 1 copy
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Birthdate
- 1922
- Gender
- male
- Organizations
- Royal Society of Arts (Fellow)
Arms and Armour Society of Great Britain (President)
Historical Breechloading Small Arms Association (Vice President)
Royal Historical Society - Short biography
- Frederick Wilkinson has written numerous books and articles on firearms. He is an enthusiastic target shooter, and gives lectures on antique firearms, including some to the police.
- Nationality
- UK
- Associated Place (for map)
- UK
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Reviews
This is a great reference book which covers many outrageous designs, with hundreds of photographs and illustrations showing:
Pistols which convert into carbines.
Multi-shot flintlocks with triple barrels, or even four, side by side (more resembling something from a Flash Gordon feature or Riff Raff's side arm from the Rocky Horror Picture Show, than an actual weapon from the 1700s!).
There are also:
Pistols with spring loaded bayonets.
Swords with hidden pistols concealed within the grip.
Circular show more palm pistols.
Swiss army style knives with a fold out mini working pistol too!
How about a dinner fork that is also a pistol - to take care of any tiresome company one would hazard a guess.
The many cased pistols shown with all their various accoutrements look particularly impressive.
The images are a mix of colour and black and white, but often brushed gun metal looks no better in colour than it does pictured in monochrome anyway; so, don't let that put you off this fine book.
It is an interesting book aimed more at the everyman rather than the serious expert I'd say. But, if you owned just one book on this subject (as I do) I can't imagine a better one in my opinion.
I picked my copy up from a little second-hand shop on the South West coast of England for two quid - the dust cover is sun bleached and a bit tattered at the spine; but, I like to think that I picked myself up a bargain. show less
Pistols which convert into carbines.
Multi-shot flintlocks with triple barrels, or even four, side by side (more resembling something from a Flash Gordon feature or Riff Raff's side arm from the Rocky Horror Picture Show, than an actual weapon from the 1700s!).
There are also:
Pistols with spring loaded bayonets.
Swords with hidden pistols concealed within the grip.
Circular show more palm pistols.
Swiss army style knives with a fold out mini working pistol too!
How about a dinner fork that is also a pistol - to take care of any tiresome company one would hazard a guess.
The many cased pistols shown with all their various accoutrements look particularly impressive.
The images are a mix of colour and black and white, but often brushed gun metal looks no better in colour than it does pictured in monochrome anyway; so, don't let that put you off this fine book.
It is an interesting book aimed more at the everyman rather than the serious expert I'd say. But, if you owned just one book on this subject (as I do) I can't imagine a better one in my opinion.
I picked my copy up from a little second-hand shop on the South West coast of England for two quid - the dust cover is sun bleached and a bit tattered at the spine; but, I like to think that I picked myself up a bargain. show less
This book is a general synopsis of the development of arms and armor from the begining of history to the 20th century. I have several in my library just like it. While it is a moderately useful reference book there is nothing in it that stands out from the dozens of works just like it.
I got the impression that (and I may be wrong) may be more of an expert and enthusiast of the more modern weapons (matchlocks till present day) than of the earlier tools. That in itself is fine, but I got the show more feeling he was relying heavily on friendly peers for the Middle Ages and earlier sections of his book.
Ok book for the general reader but for you students of Renaissance, Middle Ages, Ancient , and pre-history arms and armor you might want to save your self some money and pass on this one. show less
I got the impression that (and I may be wrong) may be more of an expert and enthusiast of the more modern weapons (matchlocks till present day) than of the earlier tools. That in itself is fine, but I got the show more feeling he was relying heavily on friendly peers for the Middle Ages and earlier sections of his book.
Ok book for the general reader but for you students of Renaissance, Middle Ages, Ancient , and pre-history arms and armor you might want to save your self some money and pass on this one. show less
Big colourful book - but still with enough academic punch to be useful
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- Rating
- 3.7
- Reviews
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- ISBNs
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