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benny.lee 12th July 2016 02:55 PM
New collection of Chinese Dao
 
This sword is called "shark head"（鲨鱼头）, is the Ming Dynasty (Chinese A.D1368A.D1644) soldiers wearing a sword
The tip of the anti curved blade, very aggressive

benny.lee 12th July 2016 02:59 PM
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Oliver Pinchot 12th July 2016 04:58 PM
Very nice example, Benny

kronckew 12th July 2016 05:20 PM
interesting. do you mean the blade is sharpened on the inside of the curve?

estcrh 12th July 2016 06:05 PM
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An interesting sword, how old is it?

benny.lee 13th July 2016 02:54 AM
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Originally Posted by kronckew
interesting. do you mean the blade is sharpened on the inside of the curve?

yes There are blades on both sides of this section.

benny.lee 13th July 2016 02:55 AM
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Originally Posted by estcrh
An interesting sword, how old is it?
He came from the Ming Dynasty in China.
About 500 years old

kronckew 13th July 2016 10:53 AM
kind of an inverted yelman. wonder what the advantage is...

benny.lee 14th July 2016 03:11 PM
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kind of an inverted yelman. wonder what the advantage is...
I think that is to strengthen the lethality :D


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