The 'Mackay' Double Dragons Sui Dao

Yes. With the exception of the distance between the handguard and the pin for the tassel. The original only have a space of 3.5 inches, too small for modern hand.
You will also notice there is a break in the middle of the tang. So the speculation is that in ancient time, the tang somehow got broken and the original handle length is longer.

So we compare other swords of the same period and extend the handle for 5 cm so the owner can yield the sword comfortably.

We speculate that what we have now is the original handle length.

Other than that, the material of some of the fittings in the original is Gold and Silver. We use 2 type of copper alloy to simulate. The Ring and the handguard is high precision cast
Bronze. The other fittings are Brass, to offer the some subtle difference in color tone as seen in the original with out the precious Gold and Silver material which will be too costly
for the customer.

The wood of the origin is all rotted away, so we refer to tomb mural of the same period to restore the shape and color of the wooden component.

This is the first detail recreation of this sword since its discovery in the 1930 after buried in the imperial tomb in MoShan for 1400 years.

This is significant because it is a transition from the Han Dynasty design to the late dynasty design that we are familiar with the Chinese sword today.

The Metropolitan Sui Dao is consider within China as a Chinese National Treasure even though it is in New York City.

This is the first time, anywhere in the world that someone can actually hold a recreation in their hand.

Nice. The sword looks great, but the ring pommel is simply outstanding. I'm very glad to see another sword has been created by LK Chen. Please keep up the great work!

Now the full album of the sword is available on the website.

lkchensword.com/double-dragon

Very nice! Yet another impressively designed sword. Must say, the choice of scabbard wood very much adds some nice character to the piece.

www.mackayhistory.com/BioSketch_JWM_CHM.html

"Last of all to the IT&T table there advanced, in the sprightliest manner, a trim, dapper gentleman who is the most puzzling phenomenon in Wall Street. It is perfectly easy to say that Mr. Clarence Hungerford Mackay is a charming, accomplished dilettante. Stemming from that rough and lucky miner, old John W. Mackay, and the proud woman who was his wife, Clarence Mackay was far from rough and had no need to be ambitious. He was and is one of the best squash-tennis players in the world. His peerless collection of medieval armor (which requires the constant services of one man plus silver polish) is internationally admired and envied. He is the god-father of the Philharmonic Orchestra in New York. Yet Mr. Mackay is deeply attached to that country from which he sprang---the graceless, dirt-rich hills of Nevada. That state will never again enjoy such a benefactor as Mr. Mackay. He supports its university; last month he opened its school of mines. Debonair as he is, his dilettantism surprisingly extends to those homely roots which are not usually remembered on Long Island.

In the offices of the Postal-Telegraph Company, Mr. Mackay is at once the armor-collector and something altogether different. He is casual, unpredictable, often inconsequential. But there is not a man in IT&T's great building at Broad and Beaver streets who does not like him, listen to him, and become increasingly loyal to him. And there is scarcely a door in downtown New York through which he cannot walk, unannounced and welcome. He built the Postal into a great company. Others are the executive chiefs today, but Mr. Mackay is very much there, very much needed, very much loved."

Above quotation is from a December 1930 "Fortune Magazine" article, simply titled, "IT&T". It details the addition of Clarence H. Mackay to the IT&T Board of Directors upon acquisition of the Mackay Companies by IT&T in 1928.