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KuKulzA28 · 6th April 2011, 04:08 PM

It is a very nice looking set of dao though... what give it away as a street performance tool? The lower quality steel? No hardened edge? Different heft and balance?

Mercenary · 6th April 2011, 08:00 PM

Heft and balance are very nice specially for street performance.

About hardened edge I don't know because the blade is covered by a patina (film, covering - sorry, I don't know as it correctly in English). The steel is not the most bad, but also not the watered steel.
There is no sensation of the real fighting weapon. And there are too much photos of street jugglers and there are not enough certificates of using the pair weapon in army.

Gavin Nugent · 6th April 2011, 08:54 PM

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Originally Posted by KuKulzA28

It is a very nice looking set of dao though... what give it away as a street performance tool? The lower quality steel? No hardened edge? Different heft and balance?

I am sure you'll find these very well balanced.
At face value also with a good hardened edge, of typical strength and steel for the type....nothing a good clean wouldn't reveal.
Nice pair, do you have a scabbard?

Mercenary · 6th April 2011, 09:44 PM

Unfortunately, I haven't a scabbard. The handle was plaited again, but the cord is Chinese old.

Mercenary · 10th May 2011, 06:56 PM

to josh stout

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I have a book of woodblock prints showing Ming period soldiers using various kinds of siege towers that shows a substantial proportion using two willow-leaf shaped swords.

This book is E.Werner "Chinese Weapons" or other?

6th April 2011, 04:08 PM	#1
KuKulzA28 Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: between work and sleep Posts: 731	It is a very nice looking set of dao though... what give it away as a street performance tool? The lower quality steel? No hardened edge? Different heft and balance?

6th April 2011, 08:00 PM	#2
Mercenary Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 428	Heft and balance are very nice specially for street performance. About hardened edge I don't know because the blade is covered by a patina (film, covering - sorry, I don't know as it correctly in English). The steel is not the most bad, but also not the watered steel. There is no sensation of the real fighting weapon. And there are too much photos of street jugglers and there are not enough certificates of using the pair weapon in army.

6th April 2011, 09:44 PM	#4
Mercenary Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 428	Unfortunately, I haven't a scabbard. The handle was plaited again, but the cord is Chinese old.