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Royal Armouries at the Tower of London are currently developing a Weapons Awareness programme to be launched in September 2008, as part of our NTK: No To Knives campaign.

If you wish to register an interest in our Weapons Awareness programmes then please contact:

Tel: 020 3166 6660
Email: educate.tower@armouries.org.uk

For more information on NTK: No to Knives, our peer-to-peer initiative designed to encourage 1 million young people to pledge not to carry knives, please visit the NTK website: www.ntk.org.uk

See also

  • NTK - No to Knives

    NTK – No to Knives” is a national campaign aimed at encouraging Britain’s youth to ‘Pledge Against The Edge’. It targets 13-19 year olds on a peer-to-peer basis, encouraging them to not carry a knife.

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Firearms of the American Civil War Seminar

Martin Pegler, former senior curator of firearms at the Royal Armouries, looks at the development of small-arms in the United States during the first part of the 19th century.

11 October

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Did you know?

Stainless steel was invented by

Harry Brearley, chief metallurgist, of Thomas Firth & Sons of Sheffield, England, created Stainless Steel in 1913 while developing wear resistant steel for rifle barrels for the British Government.

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