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Good late Qing Longquan jian

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

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Jūn Huǒ Jú-made shuāng shǒudāo

Produced in the ordnance factory in Zengbu, near Guangzhou.

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Jūn Huǒ Jú-made saber

Produced in the ordnance factory in Zengbu, near Guangzhou.

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Chinese medium size jian

A heavy piece with a substantial blade, with smooth bronze mounts.

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Double shortswords with belt hook

A classic set of Chinese double swords, complete with suspension and hook.

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Chinese paired shortswords

Cantonese double swords with archaic dragon design mounts.

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Early Chinese shortsword

A classic duanjian, but of somewhat earlier manufacture than most.

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Shuāngjiàn with carved scabbard

A paired jian of fushou type, with carved hardwood scabbard.

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Large Atayal lalaw sword

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

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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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A Chinese headman's sword

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

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Qing fangshi soldier's saber

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

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Wakizashi in Burmese hilt

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

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Unusual Taiwanese sword

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

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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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An unusual minority dao

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

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A fine late Qing jian

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

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Cantonese saber

With brass mounts and ray skin covered scabbard.

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Southern Chinese saber

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

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An early form niúwěidāo

With good, layered blade, mounted in forged iron mounts.

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Fine Chinese Shan dha

Entirely clad in silver and with a differentially heat treated blade.

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Late Qing jian

A typical example, complete with lacquered scabbard.

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Late iron mounted jian

A rarer configuration, normally mounted with brass in this period. With a chrome-plated blade.

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Ming militia dao

From the Ming-Qing transition period, with many typical Ming features.

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Seven stars militia jian

A short, stout Chinese straightsword of a type used by village defenses across the empire.

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Chinese Hui sword

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

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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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1930's Republican dàdāo

Of the exact type seen in use by the famous 29th Route Army.

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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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Early yútóudāo

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

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Early militia jian

An early Chinese militia jiàn most likely dating from the Ming.

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Large Southern Chinese saber

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

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An antique chángdāo

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

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Early Chinese duǎndāo

With rare downward curving grip as seen on artwork of the 17th and 18th centuries.

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Republican period fighting jian

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

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Niuweidao with Guangxu mark

Dated 1895. Large and heavy, a quality piece.

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An exceptionally large dadao

With a wide clipped tip with notched upper edge.

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Antique wide bladed hudiedao

Introduction The hudiedao (蝴蝶刀), are a type of double swords peculiar to t

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Village militia dadao

Description A large Chinese double handed falchion of a form that is both related to th

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A Chinese hook sword

A rather well-made example of its type.

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A Yi / Lolo sword

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

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Chinese double shortswords

A good set of the first half of the 19th century, with large and rather heavy forge folded blades.

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Hudiedao set

Introduction The hudiedao (蝴蝶刀), are a type of double swords p

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Antique Chinese jian

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

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Republican jian with etched blade

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

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Late Qing southern saber

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

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Republican duanjian with good blade

Description An unusual piece: Jian with these mountings are usually of the long type, o

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Korean ceremonial saber

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

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Early Qing saber

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

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Excellent Qing officer saber

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

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Ming dynasty saber blade

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

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Peidao in iron fangshi mounts

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

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