Items
With naginata-style blades, and lavish gilt copper mounts.
With a black and gold metal sleeve, often called "sawasa".
A fine example with silver overlaid spearhead and silver ferrule with niello inlay.
Probably from the French Tonkin campaign of the 1880s.
Modeled after the Chinese "guan dao", made of lacquered wood.
Large, heavy single-edged example with iron mounts.