Dāo dǐ gū (刀底箍)
Qing Chinese for a saber scabbard endpiece.
Dāo dǐ yún (刀底雲)
Qing Chinese for a specific type of scabbard endpiece.
Dāo qiào dǐ shù (刀鞘底束)
Qing Chinese for saber scabbard endpiece.
Dāo liáng (刀梁)
Qing Chinese for the suspension bar on a saber scabbard.
Ulhun
Manchu for tūnkǒu (吞口), a collar piece on the base of a sword or saber blade.
Kuhen
Machu for a groove on a blade or arrowhead
Dāo cáo (刀槽)
Qing Chinese for a groove in a saber blade.
Dāo tūnkǒu (刀吞口)
Qing Chinese term for the collar-piece found on some Chinese sabers.
Hùshǒu pán (護手盤)
Qing Chinese word for a disc guard.
Dāo hūshǒu (刀護手)
Qing Chinese for "saber guard".
Bǎgū (靶箍)
Qing Chinese for the ferrule of a sword hilt.
Dāobǎ shù (刀把束)
Qing Chinese for the ferrule of a saber hilt.
Dāobǎ dǐngshù (刀把頂束)
Qing Chinese for "saber pommel".
Dāobǎ (刀把 / 刀把)
Qing Chinese for "saber grip".
Shibuichi (四分一)
A copper-silver alloy used to make Japanese sword mounts.
Fuchi kashira by Hisayuki
A beautiful signed Japanese ferrule and pommel plate.
A very good Afghan pulouar
With wootz handle with fine pierced pommel dome.
Vietnamese double swords
A rare combination of full-length double Vietnamese swords with live blades.
Jiāgāng (加鋼)
A construction of edged weapons where a separate piece of high-carbon steel is forged into layers of milder steel.
Baktong
Cantonese for báitóng.
Báitóng (白銅)
An alloy of copper, nickel, and zinc used among others for sword parts.
Damascus steel
A rather broad term that is used to describe steel that exhibits a fancy pattern.
Twist-core steel
A type of pattern-welding using twisted rods of steel.
Huāwéngāng (花文鋼)
A type of pattern welding known in English as twist-core.
Vietnamese straightsword
It has a narrow but sturdy blade with a springy temper.
Ancient Ba-Shu dagger
From approximately the 5th to 3rd century B.C.
A large Indian karud dagger
Unusually large and with all-metal handle that opens with a screw.
An Indonesian parang nabur
A saber that is peculiar to the southern part of the island of Borneo.
Peidao in iron fangshi mounts
Introduction
The terms peidao or yaodao are synonyms that were in use simultaneously in Q
A fine Chinese yànchìdāo
It comes with its complete set of fittings in a thick gauge of báitóng.
An exceptional khanda
With wootz blade and wootz Hindu basket hilt
Zhibeidao with spectacular blade
Introduction to the type
This type of sword is referred to as zhibeidao
A good pair of butterfly swords
Introduction
The hudiedao (蝴蝶刀), are a type of double swords peculiar to
A fine khanda with pierced hilt
Presented here is a beautiful khanda with an exceptionally fine pierced hilt.
All steel / wootz dagger
The slender blade is made of flawless wootz steel in boldly contrasting shades of silver and dark grey.
Shuangjian with ivory grips
A deluxe set of double straightswords with carved ivory grips and gilt mounts.
Chinese saber with "naginata-hi"
A Chinese waist saber or yaodao / peidao of the first half of the 18th century.
Chinese saber with U-grooves
With twist-core steel and of early liuyedao form. Probably 17th century.
A Burmese dha with openwork handle
Made of a single piece of ivory, with a kneeling figure in its base.
16th century Vietnamese saber
Showing the strong Japanese influence on Vietnamese sword making of the time.