Chinese Dao

drac2k · 4th April 2020, 08:24 PM

I just picked up this Chinese dao; I would guess the vintage to be between WW1 and WW2. What is really exciting to me is that it came with the original scabbard.

David R · 4th April 2020, 10:04 PM

Nice one.

drac2k · 5th April 2020, 12:42 AM

Thanks, it is the only one that I have with a scabbard.

Kubur · 5th April 2020, 06:38 AM

Very nice!
and how to carry it.

ariel · 5th April 2020, 08:10 AM

The fourth pic from the top shows some inscriptions.
The upper on “191..” . May it be part of the date “ 191(0...9)”?
The lower on hieroglyphs . Perhaps RenRen can decipher them.

Ren Ren · 5th April 2020, 02:48 PM

Photo is turned upside down. I see the numbers "151" and the family character 謝 Xie (means "Gratitude"). The arsenals built by Europeans in China and Japan sometimes continued to use European numbers for marking.
I also really liked the scabbard. I think the buttons can tell you something about production time.

4th April 2020, 08:24 PM	#1
drac2k Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 1,250	Chinese Dao I just picked up this Chinese dao; I would guess the vintage to be between WW1 and WW2. What is really exciting to me is that it came with the original scabbard. Attached Images

5th April 2020, 06:38 AM	#4
Kubur Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 2,145	Very nice! and how to carry it. Attached Images

4th April 2020, 10:04 PM	#2
David R Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 1,112	Nice one.

5th April 2020, 12:42 AM	#3
drac2k Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 1,250	Thanks, it is the only one that I have with a scabbard.

5th April 2020, 08:10 AM	#5
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	The fourth pic from the top shows some inscriptions. The upper on “191..” . May it be part of the date “ 191(0...9)”? The lower on hieroglyphs . Perhaps RenRen can decipher them.

5th April 2020, 02:48 PM	#6
Ren Ren Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Russia, Moscow Posts: 379	Photo is turned upside down. I see the numbers "151" and the family character 謝 Xie (means "Gratitude"). The arsenals built by Europeans in China and Japan sometimes continued to use European numbers for marking. I also really liked the scabbard. I think the buttons can tell you something about production time.