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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 |
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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 |
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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. |
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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 Last edited by SwordsAntiqueWeapons; 4th October 2014 at 11:05 AM. |
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Here is the other I wrote of.
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