Third example of Taiwanese Aboriginal Sword

Philip · 5th June 2013, 06:50 AM

Seems to me that this blade has a slight curve and radiused tip to it, in contrast to your other two which are straight with angular tips. Factoring out the chisel-edge and hollow grind, the contour seen here is more along the lines of a short Chinese willow-leaf blade. A hybird concept, perhaps, due to some cross-cultural pollination?

yuanzhumin · 5th June 2013, 02:33 PM

Sorry Rick, I just see that you have already posted the two other knives.

This one is as old and authentic as the first I saw!

Very nice one! Great carving! The zig zag line by the way is symbolizing the snake skin! The hundred pace snake (named like this because once you have been beaten you can only walk hundred paces before falling down, dead!) is considered in the Paiwan myth to be the original ancestor of their nobility!

5th June 2013, 06:50 AM	#1
Philip Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: California Posts: 1,036	blade profile Seems to me that this blade has a slight curve and radiused tip to it, in contrast to your other two which are straight with angular tips. Factoring out the chisel-edge and hollow grind, the contour seen here is more along the lines of a short Chinese willow-leaf blade. A hybird concept, perhaps, due to some cross-cultural pollination?

5th June 2013, 02:33 PM	#2
yuanzhumin Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Ex-Taipei, Taiwan, now in Shanghai, China Posts: 180	Sorry Rick, I just see that you have already posted the two other knives. This one is as old and authentic as the first I saw! Very nice one! Great carving! The zig zag line by the way is symbolizing the snake skin! The hundred pace snake (named like this because once you have been beaten you can only walk hundred paces before falling down, dead!) is considered in the Paiwan myth to be the original ancestor of their nobility!