Hook swords

[VANDOO]

I AM NOT SURE WHAT YOU MEAN BY CHINESE HOOK SWORD, BUT PERHAPS THIS IS WHAT YOU HAD IN MIND.
IT IS REFERRED TO AS HOOK (GOU) I INCLUDE SOME PICTURES OF ONE OF MINE THIS IS THE MOST COMMON FORM BUT THERE ARE VARIATIONS. THEY ARE USED AS A PAIR LIKE THE BUTTERFLY SWORDS AND ARE SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS "TIGER HEAD DOUBLE HOOK " (HU TOU SHUANG GOU). IT WAS USED TO ATTACK THE ENEMYS OR HORSES LEGS AND WAS USED IN PERSONEL ATTACKS AT SHORT RANGE. STABBING, HOOKING AND BLOCKING WERE EFFECTIVE AND THE CRESENT OVER THE HANDLE COULD BE USED TO CUT AT CLOSE RANGE.
THIS FORM IS SAID TO DATE FROM THE SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD AND THE WARRING STATESPERIOD (722 -222 B.C.) AT LEAST THAT IS WHAT THE BOOK SAYS.
THERE IS A MORE SIMPLE FORM REFERRED TO AS (JI ZHUA YIN YANG RUI) CHICKEN CLAW YIN-YANG SHARP IT WAS USED IN BAGUAZHANG STYLE WHICH STARTED IN THE QING DYNASTY (1644-1912 AD)