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Post by foxmartialarts on Feb 16, 2016 16:00:04 GMT
Hey all. I came across this sword during a search recently, and I'm not sure exactly what I'm looking at. I asked the seller, and he reported that the blade is "3/16" thick at the base", or 4.762mm, and "thin and more flexible at the tip, thicker and stiff close to the handle". They believe it's a combat styled blade. I did some comparisons on KoA, with a floppy wushu blade measuring at 2.8mm throughout, and the Hanwei Practical Kung Fu Sword and the TFW Dan Dao measuring 4.8mm-2.1mm and 5.7mm-2.4mm respectively. I attached a picture of the sword, as well as the pommel. Thanks for any help! Attachments:
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Post by pgandy on Feb 16, 2016 18:32:55 GMT
I would say the blade would be up to combat. But I have no idea about the tang, something that you should check out. My old Hanwei Oxtail w/25” blade has a taper of 5.8 mm- 1.5 mm and is combat ready. I removed the red flag in short order as just by going through the drills the blade shredded it. It is wickedly sharp.
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Post by foxmartialarts on Feb 16, 2016 19:27:19 GMT
This one is being sold as an antique, from an estate sale. Sadly I can't ask for disassembly or deeper knowledge like that. Am I actually gonna cut with it? No, I have the Hanwei for that!. But I'm sure to move through forms with it. I just don't want to pick up a wushu sword. Thanks for the input though.
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Post by Timo Nieminen on Feb 16, 2016 19:46:56 GMT
It's a wushu/kungfu training sword, but not a super-flexible one. Thickness at the base of the blade is OK compared with historical examples - at the thin end of the historical range, but in the historical range. The only questions are the tang and hilt (how thick is the tang, and is that pommel nut the only thing holding it together?) and the blade cross-section (sometimes, these are more rectangular in cross section than wedge shaped).
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