19thc Chinese naval dao - cutlass ??

[werecow]

Originally Posted by Maj-Biffy Snodgrass

Hi werecow and thanks for your input, for me though having had many Vietnamese swords over many years this is not finished in the way I would expect to see for Vietnam, most guom which it does ''sort of'' resemble a little have a certain type of finish on the blades surface due to the type of scraper the Vietnamese use when finishing blades, this for me is more Chinese , I will have to get around to etching it and see what pops, it would likely reveal a lot about the origin, when I do etch I will post better pics. Snody

Yes, did not mean to suggest that this was Vietnamese. Just pointing out a (to me, as a beginner) interesting similarity between the types.