Russian Cossack Saber Manual Volume 1

I did't get now but I think that book will be good

Informative and usefull, if brief. An excellent addition to my collection.

The first section of the manual concerns the history of the shashka, while the second is a translation of the original Russian army manual complete with photographs and instructions. The history portion lacks basic editing: Fonts and formatting change from page to page. Additionally, the history section is incredibly lackluster. There no footnotes, and the references are dubious at best. Wikipedia should not be used as a source for a history book. These flaws are something one would expect in a .pdf given away for free online, not a professional, printed work. That being said the manual itself is reasonably good. The translation is fairly accurate. As someone with experience with broadsword, the basics of sabre were easily gleaned from the illustrations and instructions. If you are interested in shashka sabre and have basic familiarity with HEMA, this book should serve you just fine, but I would recommend the author fix the history section and the obvious formatting problems.