Chinese or Korean dao

Timo Nieminen · 6th April 2019, 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by josh stout

An argument against it being Korean is that they almost never have a fuller.

Hmm. Almost 1/3 of the Korean do in the History of Steel exhibition have fullers (4 out of 13), so it doesn't seem that rare.

http://www.arscives.com/historysteel...ction_main.htm

josh stout · 9th April 2019, 02:43 PM

Yes, I agonized over this. As a Chinese sword it is not very exciting, but as a Korean sword it is quite interesting. In terms of design characteristics it fits everything for a Korean sword, but not a Chinese or Japanese sword.

It is missing a habaki/tonku, but this also seems to be a somewhat variable trait.

The primary argument against this sword is its overall "showiness" combined with a mediocre blade.

Timo Nieminen · 27th April 2019, 01:58 PM

IMO, the blade looks very modern. As in late 20th or even 21st century, the kind of thing common on modern Chinese-made fake katana/tachi/gunto.

9th April 2019, 02:43 PM	#2
josh stout Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 407	Yes, I agonized over this. As a Chinese sword it is not very exciting, but as a Korean sword it is quite interesting. In terms of design characteristics it fits everything for a Korean sword, but not a Chinese or Japanese sword. It is missing a habaki/tonku, but this also seems to be a somewhat variable trait. The primary argument against this sword is its overall "showiness" combined with a mediocre blade.

27th April 2019, 01:58 PM	#3
Timo Nieminen Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 422	IMO, the blade looks very modern. As in late 20th or even 21st century, the kind of thing common on modern Chinese-made fake katana/tachi/gunto.