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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2010 18:55:44 GMT
Quite a while back I picked up a sword from a forum member that came with the label below stuck on the sword box. I have no idea what it says and am hoping some kind soul can tell me. Thanks.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2010 19:27:48 GMT
Well, this may be a tad rough. Top horizontal line is along the lines of "An age old Chinese shop" or "A Chinese shop with long history". Right side vertical text says Long2 quan2 shen3 guang3 long2 bao3 jian4. First two characters denotes that it's from Longquan (doesn't mean much nowadays). The next three characters seem to be a name. Someone correct me if I'm wrong. Last two just mean precious jian. That left side text is a bit too rough for me to read. Doesn't seem to be anything important since the last two characters say "on the sea." I doubt it's a claim that the blade was forged on a boat. All in all, it's just a tag telling you that you bought a Longquan Jian.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2010 0:43:34 GMT
I want a sword that was forged on a boat!
Interesting tid bit ya got there pogo
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2010 4:51:26 GMT
Thanks, Opferous. I figured it was something not terribly useful, but had to know.
+1 to you for helping a brother out.
It's called the Cold Moon sword from a company called Dragon Well (could be the water reference). It's the biggest jian I've seen (not saying much there as I don't have a ton of jian experience). It's a cool sword but I'm not sure if it's useable as a cutter; I was sorta hoping for something about the steel or tempering on the label I posted.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2010 7:06:33 GMT
Any pics of the sword itself?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2010 12:31:34 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2010 14:19:22 GMT
ihave to agree w/ liam about what he said regarding dragon well's "combat steel" i emailed them to ask what grade of steel, and their answer was simply..."combat steel".
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Post by Deleted on Apr 8, 2010 21:13:16 GMT
My wife finally got back to me about the writing on that box...
She says she could be badly off because most of it's very formal writing and the rest is in cursive and just plain hard to read.
The top reads, literally "China Old Words Sign" She thinks it means "Old Chinese Saying" but it makes no comment about what the saying is unless that's the text off down the left.
Down the right is "Long Quan" which is "Dragon Spring" (likely the forge name); then "Shen" (a person's last name, the smith?); then "Guang" which is "Wide" or "Vast" (could also be that Shen guy's first name) followed by and ending with "Grand Treasure Jian"
And on the left, if she is reading it right, looks to be a reference to the "Shenyang Incident" in 1931 which led to the invasion by the Japanese and the establishment of the state of Manchukuo. Also known as the "Mukden Incident" or the "Manchurian Incident."
She does not think it's Dragon Well Forge. "Well" is "Jing" and there's no way "Quan" could be translated as "well."
So, what my wife and I think it says (on the right, anyway) is: Forge: Dragon Spring Smith: Shen, Guang Item: Grand Treasure Jian
My wife agrees that the end of the writing on the Left is "on the sea"
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2010 1:15:19 GMT
Pogo4321,
Might I suggest sending a PM to the user, Lancelot Chan? He lives in Hong Kong so he can definitely help translate it more accurately than probably anyone else here on the site. I'm sure he'd be more than happy to lend a hand to a fellow forumite.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2010 3:45:03 GMT
Liam: That's the one.
Taran: Thanks to you and your better half.
I'll try to post a few pics of the actual sword this weekend. It really is kind of a neat sword and I's just like to know as much about it as I can. It drives me nuts that a lot of dealers and/or manufacturers aren't more forthcoming about their products.
Again thanks to all for the interest and suggestions.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2010 12:02:53 GMT
Pogo, if it's possible take off the pommel nut and take a good long look at the tang before using it. Long Quan swords are a sport Wushu standard but I really don't know about their durability for cutting.
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