thearma.org -the realities of swords

http://www.thearma.org/essays.htm

this website includes may essays on the subject of swords, and the TRUE strengths and weaknesses of iron and steel.

a particularily interesting one is on the japanese katana's hype:

http://www.thearma.org/essays/hype.htm

It's interesting, nothing revolutionary, but the essays are well done. Thanks for the link.

Glad you found the site, I've been with it for years now and it really helps me get my points across when I try to logically talk to people about middle ages/later european combat and such.