Pirate swords and weapons

KuKulzA28 · 13th August 2009, 02:11 PM

I light of recent talk in the Hu-die-dao thread, I'd like to revive this.

Here is the link to a preview of Pirates of the South China Coast, 1790-1810 by Dian H. Murray.

I've decided to highlight a few things to make it easier (since there's a lot of readable text there).

Does anyone have pictures or examples of any of these weapons?
They are definitely a bit different than your classic Chinese weapons...
Yao-tao? Curved billhook-like blade? Now thats quite different than your normal Chinese weaponry, in fact that reminds me of Taiwanese machetes (開山刀) more than anything else...

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13th August 2009, 02:11 PM	#6
KuKulzA28 Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: between work and sleep Posts: 731	I light of recent talk in the Hu-die-dao thread, I'd like to revive this. Here is the link to a preview of Pirates of the South China Coast, 1790-1810 by Dian H. Murray. I've decided to highlight a few things to make it easier (since there's a lot of readable text there). Does anyone have pictures or examples of any of these weapons? They are definitely a bit different than your classic Chinese weapons... Yao-tao? Curved billhook-like blade? Now thats quite different than your normal Chinese weaponry, in fact that reminds me of Taiwanese machetes (開山刀) more than anything else...