Trying to find a thread

[Gavin Nugent]

I have spent hours trawling for an old thread and no amount f key word searches I am using can locate it.
It was an old Chinese sabre with a carved horn handle in Panay like fashion.
If someone can point me to the link or the owner to discuss the sword it would be appreciated.

Thanks

Gavin

[Gavin Nugent]

Does anyone here own this sword? I'd like to know the dimensions and some other bits as the previous discussion is closed.

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...=chinese+blade

Gavin

[Timo Nieminen]

That sword reminds me of a sword I saw in a book earlier today. (See attached pics, pg 205 in 中国古代钢铁冷兵器巡礼 (Cold Steel in Ancient China - Iron and Steel Parade).) As far as I can tell, this one is Chinese. There's no text for many pages nearby, so (not reading Chinese) I can't find the relevant text in the book.

The sword you are asking about above looks Chinese. Chinese blade, Chinese guard. Not a typical Chinese hilt, but I don't see why it might not be Chinese as well.

[Gavin Nugent]

Thanks Timo,

Thank you for reminding of this book, mine is in storage for a couple more months yet.

I am not yet convinced that these are "pure" Chinese swords though. I think they are a minority in SEA.

There are other types known too, all with a common type hilt of varying degrees of quality.

I believe this to be one of the types too;
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...=chinese+blade

I had a very nice hand chopper with a carved timber figure much like these to, I think it lays with Josh now.
http://www.swordsantiqueweapons.com/s353_full.html

When home tonight, I'll post images of another that passed by today, a similar it on an EU blade and sheath.

Gavin

[Gavin Nugent]

Here is the other I wrote of.