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Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 2,818
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Niel,
My thoughts are ornamental on the polearms, though in motion and martial use the tassle which sits in this hole may have a martial application like the tassle on the Jian, but you'd have to ask practicioners of the Yan Yue Dao to confirm this. http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...hinese+halberd http://thomaschen.freewebspace.com/photo4.html Gav |
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 117
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Thanks for your input Gavin, and the links too. Here is a picture of a tasseled guan dao head from the Thomas Chen site linked above (Thank you Mr. Chen).
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Member
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Russia, Moscow
Posts: 379
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The Vietnamese carry methode
(pic. 18)
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Member
Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 407
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Hey Ren Ren,
Welcome to the forum. Nice post. What amazingly useful looking resource did the illustration come from? I had often seen reference to the hole for suspension, but it is nice to see an example from a period text. It seems the blade hole is quite versatile. Josh |
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Member
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Russia, Moscow
Posts: 379
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Hey Josh!
Thanks for kind words! As far as I know, the illustration has got to the Internet from the book "Connaissance du Viet-Nam" by P. Huard & M. Durand Ren Ren P.S. Excuse my English, I use the electronic translator |
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