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Qing dynasty willow leaf dao. Provenence ex Phil Tom and Scott Rodell. 36" OAL.
My first love in collecting. I got this because it is one of the most superb handling chinese swords I have held. But also because Phil (who also polished the blade) pointed out the tiny brick-shaped inserts in the blade. he feels it is an intergenerational blade that was loved and revered. The "bricks" are tiny. In the close-up, you can see a few of them. To give you an idea of size, the blade is only 1.25" wide at that place. There are probably 20 or more bricks in the blade. Phil further told me that this is quite an old repair and was very expensive when done. Maybe to repair pitting? Cost much more than the blade was worth, so it must have been done by the owners who valued it for other reasons than its actual value. I think that they loved it, too! |
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Fascinating repair work, Ive seen fill in work on Japanese, swords but this i just love, nice hamon round the point as well.Thanks for sharing Bill.
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Early 20th C Viking Sutton Hoo type pattern welded 3 twisted core.
![]() OK, so it's newly made, but I love it because I speced it out and commisioned it from Jim Hrisoulas to be his interpretation of a Sutton Hoo quality sword. It is much longer then your standard Viking Sword. See yardstick photo, but would be appropriate size and weight for a large viking with hands the size of a small Italian(me). ![]() http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...t=viking+sword |
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It may be inappropriate to resurrect this thread, but goddamn, this piece is really nice. The evidence of such care being given to this sword is amazing. This dao probably kept this lineage alive and the family must have very much valued it.
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Out of all the weapons I have I always come to this piece. A stick, I think it is palm wood topped with a hollowed out palm nut or immature coconut. I do not know if it is African or from the South Seas. It is old with nice patina. 68cm long, so simple, yet extremely ostentatious, elegant and shouts so loudly who is the big man!
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Bill, why did you not post your thread here????
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=12061 Jens |
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