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- Wed Jan 23, 2008 7:51 am
- Forum: Sword Care & Maintenance
- Topic: Tang care
- Replies: 7
- Views: 17651
I think you are right about the blisters being scale. I was a bit thrown that one or two of them did pop It's a steep learning curve! here is a pic http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z160/EuanStirling/duanjianrestoration007.jpg Slightly off topic, here's the finished article (my first full blown pol...
- Sat Dec 01, 2007 9:34 am
- Forum: Sword Care & Maintenance
- Topic: Tang care
- Replies: 7
- Views: 17651
- Tue Nov 27, 2007 3:51 am
- Forum: Chinese Historical Arms
- Topic: Militia jian weight
- Replies: 14
- Views: 20872
I've had the chance to handle 2 militia type jian since this thread started. They both felt very similar although they were slightly different weights, lengths etc. It's not a very big sample I know, but the thing they had in common was little to no taper in the blade, either distal or profile. This...
- Mon Nov 26, 2007 7:06 am
- Forum: Chinese Historical Arms
- Topic: Recommended reading
- Replies: 6
- Views: 11948
- Mon Nov 19, 2007 11:12 am
- Forum: Sword Care & Maintenance
- Topic: Tang care
- Replies: 7
- Views: 17651
Tang care
I've dismantled a sword to make a new handle for it and the tang has a fair bit of active rust on it. What's the best way to treat/remove it without affecting the patina? Is there anything I could or should be doing to it to protect it before the handle goes on? I read that the tang shouldn't be oil...
- Mon Nov 19, 2007 10:27 am
- Forum: Sword Care & Maintenance
- Topic: Making storage scabbards
- Replies: 9
- Views: 21686
Thanks for the replies, lots of good info there. Tulipwood seems relatively easy to find! Would the tulipwood/yellow poplar make an appropriately "authentic" handgrip for a militia style jian ? It seems quite light in colour and one of the militia ones I've seen, seemed quite red coloured, another w...
- Fri Nov 16, 2007 3:04 pm
- Forum: Sword Care & Maintenance
- Topic: Making storage scabbards
- Replies: 9
- Views: 21686
Graham, what kind of wood did you use? Poplar and alder aren't easy to find in the UK. I've got a militia jian to make a handle and storage scabbard for. As Chinese Elm was often used for the handles, I am thinking of using elm for both. Does anyone know how similar/different European and Chinese El...
- Fri Nov 16, 2007 11:39 am
- Forum: Chinese Historical Arms
- Topic: Recommended reading
- Replies: 6
- Views: 11948
Recommended reading
Are there any good books on the subject of chinese swords - history, evolution, identification etc? Or maybe more general books that have a good subsection? I'm also interested to learn more about the historical and socio-political context because the more I read the more important that seems to be....
- Fri Nov 09, 2007 4:18 am
- Forum: Chinese Historical Arms
- Topic: Militia jian weight
- Replies: 14
- Views: 20872
Linda, your question is similar to one I was thinking about - Can you tell a militia one from a "literati" one even without the original fittings. ie do they form a distinct group or do they tend to fit within the range of "normal" (maybe just a subgroup?) I realise there will be less conformity to ...
- Mon Nov 05, 2007 12:55 pm
- Forum: Chinese Historical Arms
- Topic: Antique fittings
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6937
Antique fittings
Hi everyone, first post here, so be gentle! I was pointed over here by Peter Dekker. It's a rehash of one I've already asked on SFI (but got no replies) Since I got my duan jian I've noticed a lot of other duan jian with identical fittings, and a few that are very similar This has got me thinking, p...