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  • Chinese twist-core saber

    Rare Chinese twist-core saber

    Introduction The peidao (佩刀) or yaodao (腰刀)

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  • Daoist shuangjian

    Lóngquán Daoist shuāngjiàn

    A very good set of Daoist straightswords in a single scabbard. There is a lot to see here, but I will start with the…

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  • Ming - Qing transition period saber

    Early Qing saber

    A rare Chinese officer's saber of the 17th century.

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  • naginata-saber

    Chinese saber with "naginata-hi"

    A Chinese waist saber or yaodao / peidao of the first half of the 18th century.

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  • Dual twistcore saber logo

    Rare Chinese twistcore saber

    Background Most Chinese swords and sabers are made with a hard high carbon steel

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  • Antique Korean ceremonial saber logo

    Korean ceremonial saber

    Of a type referred to as byeolungeom, "sword used by king’s guard officials".

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  • Good Chinese jian

    A very good Chinese jian

    Representing the height of the sword maker's art of its period.

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  •  A fine Chinese yanchidao

    A fine Chinese yànchìdāo

    It comes with its complete set of fittings in a thick gauge of báitóng.

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  • Antique Chinese changdao logo

    An antique chángdāo

    Its large blade is of ridged cross-section, inspired by the Japanese design.

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  • Sukesada

    Sukesada uchigatana made August 1523

    With a sayagaki by Honma sensei attributing it to Yosozaemon.

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  • Large daoist jian

    Large Chinese Daoist sword

    Chiseled in the blade is “勅今” which could either mean "imperial order" or "Daoist magic command".

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  • Large jian with disc guard logo

    Large jian with saber guard

    Built around an excellent sanmei blade.

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  • Early Chinese saber with raised backedge logo

    Early yútóudāo

    With influences from several cultures that are rarely seen on a single blade.

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  • Liuyedao logo

    Excellent Qing officer saber

    Introduction The yaodao, literally "waist saber" was the standard side-arm for

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  • Fangshi revival saber logo

    Fangshi officer's saber

    With a good blade and a set of fittings that exceed the quality of most of this period.

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  • Longquan jian logo

    Good late Qing Longquan jian

    With bat-shaped guard. A very high-quality example for the time period.

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  • Unusual Taiwanese sword logo

    Unusual Taiwanese sword

    With a straight blade of asymmetrical grind and a strongly Chinese inspired scabbard.

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  • A niuweidao hilt logo

    Niuweidao with Guangxu mark

    Dated 1895. Large and heavy, a quality piece.

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  • Late Qing jian logo

    A fine late Qing jian

    A step above the norm in quality for this period, with nicely pierced mounts.

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  • Ming yanchidao saber blade

    Ming dynasty saber blade

    Introduction The Chinese saber comes in a great variety of curvatures, profiles, and wi

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  • Antique miaodao logo

    Antique Miaodao

    Miaodao simply being a more recent name for the wodao.

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  • Ming dandao

    Ming dandao

    With rare raised backedge.

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  • Double sabers logo

    Chinese shuangdao - double sabers

    With narrow liuyedao blades of moderate curvature.

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  • Qijiadao logo

    Qijiadao in Vince Evans mounts

    The 17th-century blade is mounted in fittings designed by Philip Tom and executed by Vince Evans some 20 years ago.

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  • Unusual zhibeidao

    Zhibeidao with spectacular blade

    Introduction to the type This type of sword is referred to as zhibe

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  • Southern saber logo

    Late Qing southern saber

    With differential heat-treatment, creating a cloudy crystalline effect along the edge.

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  • 19th century Qing fangshi peidao logo

    Qing fangshi soldier's saber

    A rare surviving example of the simple military version of this style.

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  • Lalaw sword logo

    Large Atayal lalaw sword

    A particularly nice example with 120 iron bands holding the blade.

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  • Antique Chinese jian logo

    Antique Chinese jian

    A fine Chinese straightsword blade, of typical Qing form with a rather wide profile.

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  • Large southern Chinese saber

    Large Southern Chinese saber

    Built around a beautifully forged blade, in full polish, revealing a burl grain pattern.

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  • Chinese yataghan saber

    Chinese saber with yatağan style blade

    An extremely rare and possibly unique type of Chinese officer's saber, or peidao, of the 18th century.

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  • 19th century Qing military saber

    19th century Qing military saber

    With massive 10mm thick blade with strong distal taper.

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  • Woyaodao

    A Chinese woyaodao

    Introduction The ridged and facetted blade shape that is so well known

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  • Yi or lolo sword

    A Yi / Lolo sword

    Introduction The Yi or Nuosuo people are known as Lolo in early Western ethnographic wr

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  • Large dadao logo

    An exceptionally large dadao

    With a wide clipped tip with notched upper edge.

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  • Chinese scholar's sword

    A Chinese scholar's sword

    Introduction The Chinese straightsword or jiàn (劍) was traditi

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  • Hui dadao

    Chinese Hui sword

    A peculiar Chinese dadao with markings attributing it to a Hui army or battallion.

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  • 18th-century peidao in iron fangshi mounts

    Peidao in iron fangshi mounts

    Introduction The terms peidao or yaodao are synonyms that were in use

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  • Chaoyang saber logo

    Chinese saber of the Chaoyang army

    Late 18th century, complete with its original scabbard.

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  • Qianlong marked jian

    Chinese sword with Qianlong reign mark

    Introduction This sword is part of a group of very similar swords.

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  • Chinese saber logo

    Southern Chinese saber

    Introduction The yaodao, literally "waist saber" was the standard side-arm for

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  • Republican period jian logo

    Republican jian with etched blade

    Description A large and rather interesting Chinese jian dating from the Chines

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  • 18th century Chinese saber logo

    18th century Chinese saber

    With fine blade, of liuyedao form with a gentle curvature.

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  • Republican period jian logo

    Republican period fighting jian

    A very nice and complete example, circa 1920's-30's.

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  • Hudiedao logo

    Very good hudiedao set

    With fine carved hilts, substantial bronze D-guards, and subtle signs of heat treatment on the blades.

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  • Antique Chinese saber with broad blade logo

    Broad 17th century Chinese saber

    Yet another type that I had not yet seen before.

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  • A Chinese executioners sword logo

    A Chinese headman's sword

    Of rare form with short but very heavy double-edged blade.

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  • A southern dao logo

    Southern Chinese saber

    Of typical southern form with a very slender, pointy blade.

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  • Western Chinese dao logo

    An unusual minority dao

    The wide blade with clipped tip mounted on a riveted wooden grip.

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  • Burmese hilted wakizashi in Indian scabbard logo

    Wakizashi in Burmese hilt

    An unusual cross-cultural mix, blending Burmese, Japanese and Indian parts.

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  • Qing liedao

    Large Chinese hunting knife

    With fine blade in recent polish. With resting scabbard.

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  • Ming militia jian

    Ming militia sword

    An honest, unpretentious fighting weapon of the Ming-Qing period.

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