A wide Chinese fighting knife
With the relatively rare feature of a raised backedge.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
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.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 javelin head
Description
At first sight, this may look like a miniature version of a standard Qing spearhead.
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
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Historical references on Chinese saber types are scarce, and the information they provide scan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.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.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.
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.
Chinese cavalry matchlock
Background
While the Chinese are hailed for inventing gunpowder and the gun, firearms in Ch
Making a Chinese rattan shield
Ever since I acquired an antique Chinese tengpai (籐牌) or "rattan shield"&
Military sabers of the Qing dynasty
According to Chinese symbolism, the strength and martial spirit of a soldier is embodied in the single-edged blade (