Bāzhǎndāo (八斬刀) | Mandarin Mansion

Author(s)

Peter Dekker

First published

30 September 2019

Last updated

5 August 2020

Language: Mandarin Chinese
Source: Collector's / martial artist's jargon

An alternative name for the húdiédāo (蝴蝶刀).

Cantonese: bat jam do

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Presented by the local Dai nobility to a British customs officer in 1936.

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With designs of four dragons in scrollwork around a "wish-granting-jewel"

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A rather well-made example of its type.

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Of a type also issued to the Qing Vanguard.

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A purely Chinese guard and not a very orn

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Most likely used by the multi-cultural crews of pirate fleets that roamed the South China seas.

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