Can anyone out there recommend any books on weapons/kobudo/iaido, etc.?

I know there's a sticky topic about books here: http://www.karateforums.com/martial-arts-research-library-vt8082.html but there are an awful lot of books posted there. Hard to know what is worth looking into and what isn't...

I used to have several books by Tadashi Yamashita concerning proper use of various weapons (sai, tonfa, kama, nunchaku and bo I believe, but over the years I've loaned them out to various students and never got them back. As I recall they were pretty good in how to do basic movements, proper holding of the weapons (which the majority of videos I've seen forget to do) and I believe a basic kata or two.

You can't go wrong with any book by Fumio Demura Sensei! He's produced quite a many Kobudo books.

If you're in to sword stuff, check out Lowery's books on the subject. I remember "Bokken" being very good.

You can't go wrong with any book by Fumio Demura Sensei! He's produced quite a many Kobudo books.

I have his book on sai. It's rather well done, from the parts of it I've read.

If you're in to sword stuff, check out Lowery's books on the subject. I remember "Bokken" being very good.

I actually just ordered that. I'd heard a number of good things about it.

I have Lowery's Bokken book. It is based on Aikiken, but, is a good reference. I also have found "Flashing Steel" by Shimabukuro to be a good sword reference as well (book focuses on Muso Jikiden Eishin Ryu Iaido).