Historical Chinese fighting knives
Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 1:03 am
Hello.
I posted a thread on a couple of antique Chinese fighting-knives a while back.. Estimated to about 100 years old age.
viewtopic.php?t=526&highlight=knives
Now, are there any earlier examples of such knives that go further back than the last 100 years?
I have only seen three sets of antique knives like these. One set was almost identical to the ones in the picture above, and was posted on SFI a couple of years back. There was also posted another two knives that was quite similar, only with a straight edge instead of a leaf-shaped blade like on the other pair and this one.
Now, you see allot of typical fighting knives (wushu stuff) in catalogs and in online stores, but are these correct in any way whatsoever?
Do they actually represent a similar shape and geometry as actual antique knives, or are they simply fantasy-replica made just to function as a prop for an actual knife during wushu-dancing and jumping around?
The ring pommel is a fairly old addition on single and double edged arms, to my experience mostly seen on Tang and Han dynasty weaponry, and of course our very much beloved Da Dao. How did this migrate to these knives?
Best regards, Kenneth A.H.
I posted a thread on a couple of antique Chinese fighting-knives a while back.. Estimated to about 100 years old age.
viewtopic.php?t=526&highlight=knives
Now, are there any earlier examples of such knives that go further back than the last 100 years?
I have only seen three sets of antique knives like these. One set was almost identical to the ones in the picture above, and was posted on SFI a couple of years back. There was also posted another two knives that was quite similar, only with a straight edge instead of a leaf-shaped blade like on the other pair and this one.
Now, you see allot of typical fighting knives (wushu stuff) in catalogs and in online stores, but are these correct in any way whatsoever?
Do they actually represent a similar shape and geometry as actual antique knives, or are they simply fantasy-replica made just to function as a prop for an actual knife during wushu-dancing and jumping around?
The ring pommel is a fairly old addition on single and double edged arms, to my experience mostly seen on Tang and Han dynasty weaponry, and of course our very much beloved Da Dao. How did this migrate to these knives?
Best regards, Kenneth A.H.