Taiwan Paiwan Formasa sword/dagger

Maj-Biffy Snodgrass · 26th May 2023, 01:34 PM

One more little and valid observation, the hilt of your knife is shorter than the original early tourist ones that I showed here in attached the pic with identical blade and scabbard, although your scabbard is minus its top curving carved section, so any re hilt with slightly shorter hilt would allow for a washer and peening over of the end of the tang, just an observation but a valid one for sure.
And one question, what are the spacer washers on the top and bottom ends of the hilt made from ??, can you tell which material has been used. regards

Snody.

Copycat · 26th May 2023, 05:47 PM

@Snody

The hilt looks shorter indeed. However, no conclusion can be made if we were to compare length of the hilt alone.

-the tang length of the tourist sword is not visible. It's not surprising if it's really short. It could be too short to peen on a usable hilt.
-the hilts of authentic swords were also short.

The brown spacers are leather. Below are 2 more perfectly fitting brass spacers.

Copycat · 26th May 2023, 06:55 PM

It doesn't look like cast steel. Only cast steel can have cold shut.

It still really looks like forging errors as a result of laminating a blade.

I will post close ups and similar examples later.

Copycat · 26th May 2023, 07:27 PM

First one is the close up of the Taiwan blade. All others are close ups of antiques.

Copycat · 27th May 2023, 09:56 PM

Apologies. I thought I posted a reply.

The tang of the tourist knife is not visible. It is also possible that this tang is too short to peen on a usable hilt. It's not surprising for tourist quality. You only need to glue the tang on the hilt.

The brown spacers are leather. Below are 2 more brass spacers.

Also, cold shuts look different if I were to compare with online examples.

26th May 2023, 01:34 PM	#1
Maj-Biffy Snodgrass Member Join Date: Mar 2023 Posts: 66	hilt and peened tang. One more little and valid observation, the hilt of your knife is shorter than the original early tourist ones that I showed here in attached the pic with identical blade and scabbard, although your scabbard is minus its top curving carved section, so any re hilt with slightly shorter hilt would allow for a washer and peening over of the end of the tang, just an observation but a valid one for sure. And one question, what are the spacer washers on the top and bottom ends of the hilt made from ??, can you tell which material has been used. regards Snody.

26th May 2023, 07:27 PM	#4
Copycat Member Join Date: Apr 2023 Posts: 42	First one is the close up of the Taiwan blade. All others are close ups of antiques. Attached Images

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26th May 2023, 05:47 PM	#2
Copycat Member Join Date: Apr 2023 Posts: 42	@Snody The hilt looks shorter indeed. However, no conclusion can be made if we were to compare length of the hilt alone. -the tang length of the tourist sword is not visible. It's not surprising if it's really short. It could be too short to peen on a usable hilt. -the hilts of authentic swords were also short. The brown spacers are leather. Below are 2 more perfectly fitting brass spacers.

26th May 2023, 06:55 PM	#3
Copycat Member Join Date: Apr 2023 Posts: 42	It doesn't look like cast steel. Only cast steel can have cold shut. It still really looks like forging errors as a result of laminating a blade. I will post close ups and similar examples later.

27th May 2023, 09:56 PM	#5
Copycat Member Join Date: Apr 2023 Posts: 42	Apologies. I thought I posted a reply. The tang of the tourist knife is not visible. It is also possible that this tang is too short to peen on a usable hilt. It's not surprising for tourist quality. You only need to glue the tang on the hilt. The brown spacers are leather. Below are 2 more brass spacers. Also, cold shuts look different if I were to compare with online examples.