A good pair of butterfly swords
Introduction
The hudiedao (蝴蝶刀), are a type of double swords peculiar to
Chinese saber of the Chaoyang army
Late 18th century, complete with its original scabbard.
19th century Qing military saber
With massive 10mm thick blade with strong distal taper.
18th century Chinese saber
With fine blade, of liuyedao form with a gentle curvature.
Qing dynasty imperial edict box
Used to move imperial orders from the emperor’s quarters to the recipient.
Buryat bowcase and quiver
Of the Western Buryats, living near the shores of Lake Baikal.
A wide Chinese fighting knife
With the relatively rare feature of a raised backedge.
Qing Bannerman's helmet
Of a type worn among others by the Valiant Cavalry.
Chinese shuangdao - double sabers
With narrow liuyedao blades of moderate curvature.
Chinese trousse set with glass trinkets
Introduction
Sets with a knife and chopsticks and sometimes some other utensils were common all over the Qi
A large Manchu knife
Of a type also issued to the Qing Vanguard.
Shuangjian with ivory grips
A deluxe set of double straightswords with carved ivory grips and gilt mounts.
Chinese twistcore presentation saber
An unusually large presentation saber in the style of high-end Chinese military sabers.
Nanban tsuba & Asian export sword guards
For long, "nanban tsuba" literally "Southern barbarian sword-guards" have been a catch-all classification for sword guards for Japanese swords (tsuba), that show foreign influence.
Chinese saber with "naginata-hi"
A Chinese waist saber or yaodao / peidao of the first half of the 18th century.
Ming militia sword
An honest, unpretentious fighting weapon of the Ming-Qing period.
Chinese saber with U-grooves
With twist-core steel and of early liuyedao form. Probably 17th century.
Chinese saber with segmented grooves
With openwork brass mounts in early imperial style.
Large Chinese Daoist sword
Chiseled in the blade is “勅今” which could either mean "imperial order" or "Daoist magic command".
Chinese export sword guard
An iron openwork guard two dragons chasing a flaming pearl.
A nanban tsuba with Christian orb
A near round tsuba with beaded rim depicting two dragons in vegetal scrollwork.
A nanban tsuba
A rather good example of a Japanese-made nanban tsuba.
Chinese javelin head
Description
At first sight, this may look like a miniature version of a standard Qing spearhead.
Antique Miaodao
Miaodao simply being a more recent name for the wodao.
Trousse with "horse-tooth" blade
Accomplished by bending the edge up and down alternately and polishing it smooth again.
Large jian with saber guard
Built around an excellent sanmei blade.
Of geese and willows
The differences between 雁毛刀 yanmaodao (goose-quill saber) and 柳葉刀 liuyedao&n
Qing dynasty saber mounts, fangshi & yuanshi
Among sabers of the Qing dynasty, we encounter two basic types of mountings:
A typology of Chinese sabers
Introduction
Historical references on Chinese saber types are scarce, and the information they provide scan
A Qing imperial quiver
From my personal collection. A quiver that was once worn at court ceremonies by high ranked officers and imperial guardsman that protected the emperor of the Qing dynasty.
An antique Chinese practice sword
With Daoist talisman and Longquan markings.
The Demon Repeller - Talisman sword
Introduction
The Chinese straightsword or jian (劍) was the side arm
Chinese iron ruler
Introduction
As a non-military weapon, not much was written about Chinese tiě chǐ
Chinese yanyuedao
One of the most iconic of Chinese weapons, commonly known as "Guandao"
Chinese saber with yatağan style blade
An extremely rare and possibly unique type of Chinese officer's saber, or peidao, of the 18th century.
Broad 17th century Chinese saber
Yet another type that I had not yet seen before.
Ming dandao
With rare raised backedge.
Spears of the Qing dynasty
In this article I highlight a number of spears used by the Qing dynasty military.
Edged Weapons of the Green Standard Army
The Green Standard Army was a large standing army of the Qing dynasty.
An orange Qing dynasty banner
With a five-clawed imperial dragon chasing the pearl of wisdom.
Rare Chinese twistcore saber
Background
Most Chinese swords and sabers are made with a hard high carbon steel edge plate sandwich
Chinese war flail
Introduction
Flails derived off farming tools were used since antiquity in many countries.
A Chinese woyaodao
Introduction
The ridged and facetted blade shape that is so well known nowadays from Japane
A fine Chinese trousse set
In emerald green scabbard and with fan case.
Chinese long sabers of the Qing dynasty
In the late Ming dynasty, Chinese coasts were raided by Japanese pirates -mockingly called 倭寇 wokou&nbs
A very good Chinese jian
Representing the height of the sword maker's art of its period.
Antique Qing quiver
A quiver of the late Qing dynasty.