Chinese Movie Sword

KuKulzA28 · 21st October 2009, 02:21 AM

In Southern China, various fighters and pirates used a hook-blade type sword. However it was said to resemble a billhook of sorts, kinda like the kai-shan-dao (machete equivalent) of today's Fujian and Taiwan. Therefore it would have been a shorter but hefty chopping blade for lobbing off limbs and heads... its size making it very useful when fighting on boats, in heavily forested areas, or in the dirty alleyways of Fujian and Taiwan....

The hook blade there looks kinda fantasy to me

fearn · 21st October 2009, 05:34 AM

Off-hand, I don't know any real weapons that precisely resemble that weapon. The falx is sort of vaguely equivalent.

Best,

F

Bill M · 21st October 2009, 05:11 PM

Sort of looks like an Ethiopian Shotel.

fearn · 21st October 2009, 10:44 PM

Check out this old thread for something similar.

21st October 2009, 02:21 AM	#1
KuKulzA28 Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: between work and sleep Posts: 731	In Southern China, various fighters and pirates used a hook-blade type sword. However it was said to resemble a billhook of sorts, kinda like the kai-shan-dao (machete equivalent) of today's Fujian and Taiwan. Therefore it would have been a shorter but hefty chopping blade for lobbing off limbs and heads... its size making it very useful when fighting on boats, in heavily forested areas, or in the dirty alleyways of Fujian and Taiwan.... The hook blade there looks kinda fantasy to me

21st October 2009, 05:34 AM	#2
fearn Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,247	Off-hand, I don't know any real weapons that precisely resemble that weapon. The falx is sort of vaguely equivalent. Best, F

21st October 2009, 05:11 PM	#3
Bill M Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: USA Georgia Posts: 1,599	Sort of looks like an Ethiopian Shotel.

21st October 2009, 10:44 PM	#4
fearn Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,247	Check out this old thread for something similar.