Liuyedao | Mandarin Mansion

Southern Chinese officer style saber with later inscription H.Hunt 1876.

A fine twistcore blade in standard pattern Qing military mounts.

Produced in the ordnance factory in Zengbu, near Guangzhou.

This Chinese liǔyèdāo is an excellent example of Chinese bladesmithing at its best.

With brass mounts and ray skin covered scabbard.

Of typical southern form with a very slender, pointy blade.

With a good blade and a set of fittings that exceed the quality of most of this period.

Built around a beautifully forged blade, in full polish, revealing a burl grain pattern.

With differential heat-treatment, creating a cloudy crystalline effect along the edge.

The yaodao, literally "waist saber" was the standard side-arm for the Qing dynasty mi

The terms peidao or yaodao are synonyms that were in use simultaneously in Q

The yaodao, literally "waist saber" was the standard side-arm for the Qing dynasty mi

With massive 10mm thick blade with strong distal taper.

With narrow liuyedao blades of moderate curvature.

A Chinese waist saber or yaodao / peidao of the first half of the 18th century.

With twist-core steel and of early liuyedao form. Probably 17th century.

With openwork brass mounts in early imperial style.

The peidao (佩刀) or yaodao (腰刀) was the main hilted

Most Chinese swords and sabers are made with a hard high carbon steel edge plate sandwich

The ridged and facetted blade shape that is so well known nowadays from Japane