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Saber suspension bar

Dāo shù liáng (刀束樑)

Language: Mandarin Chinese
Source: Classical literature

Yaodao logo

Yāodāo (腰刀)

Literally "waist saber", the standard military saber of the Qing.
Tang logo

Sǔn (榫)

Language: Mandarin Chinese
Source: Classical literature

Song kiem logo

Song kiếm (雙劍)

The Vietnamese double sword.
Vietnamese kiem logo

Kiếm (劍)

The double-edged straightsword of Vietnam.
Malabar sword

Kayamkulam vaal

A type of straightsword of the Malabar coast.
Nick in a Chinese saber blade

Dāo rèn bēng (刀刃崩)

Qing Chinese for edge damage on a saber blade.
Chinese saber blade

Dāo rèn (刀刃)

Qing Chinese for saber edge / saber blade.
Simple chape

Dāo dǐ gū (刀底箍)

Qing Chinese for a saber scabbard endpiece.
Saber endpiece

Dāo dǐ yún (刀底雲)

Qing Chinese for a specific type of scabbard endpiece.
Endpiece

Dāo qiào dǐ shù (刀鞘底束)

Qing Chinese for saber scabbard endpiece.
Suspension bar

Dāo liáng (刀梁)

Qing Chinese for the suspension bar on a saber scabbard.
Suspension bar

Qiàoshàng shuāngyǎn shù (鞘上雙眼束)

Qing Chinese for the suspension bar on a scabbard.
Suspension bar

Dāo shùliáng (刀束樑)

Qing Chinese for the suspension bar on a saber scabbard.
Suspension bands

Dāoqiào zhōngshù (刀鞘中束)

Qing Chinese for "saber suspension bands".
Saber binder

Dāoqiào shù (刀鞘束)

Qing Chinese for saber scabbard mounts.
Jian scabbard logo

Qiào kǒugū (鞘口箍)

Qing Chinese for the mouthpiece of a scabbard.
Scabbard mouthpiece

Dāoqiào kǒugū (刀鞘口箍)

Qing Chinese for the mouthpiece of a saber scabbard.
Qing saber scabbard

Dāoqiào (刀鞘)

Qing Chinese for "saber scabbard".
Sikin Panjang with golden crowns

Triple golden crown sikin

sikin panjang with a triple golden crown.

Saber grooves

Dāo cáo (刀槽)

Qing Chinese for a groove in a saber blade.
Sikin panjang

Sikin panjang

A straight, single-edged sword with forked hilt used in northern Sumatra.
Sikin panjang with golden crown

Sikin panjang with double crown

A typical example of the better sikin panjang with a golden crown.
Dao tunkou

Dāo tūnkǒu (刀吞口)

Qing Chinese term for the collar-piece found on some Chinese sabers.
Disc guard

Hùshǒu pán (護手盤)

Qing Chinese word for a disc guard.
Saber guard logo

Dāo hūshǒu (刀護手)

Qing Chinese for "saber guard".
Sword ferrule

Bǎgū (靶箍)

Qing Chinese for the ferrule of a sword hilt.
Saber ferrule

Dāobǎ shù (刀把束)

Qing Chinese for the ferrule of a saber hilt.
Chinese saber pommel

Dāobǎ dǐngshù (刀把頂束)

Qing Chinese for "saber pommel".
Chinese saber grip

Dāobǎ (刀把 / 刀把)

Qing Chinese for "saber grip".
Pata

Dandpatta

The Marathi name for the pata, a gauntlet sword thought to have been developed by them.
Pata

Patá

An Indian gauntlet sword.
Khanda logo

Khanda (खंडा)

A type of Indian sword with a heavy, straight blade that widens at the top.
Zulfiqar logo

Zulfiqar

An Islamic legendary sword.
Pulouar logo

Pulouar

A saber associated with the Pashtuns of present-day Afghanistan.
An Afghan pulouar logo

A very good Afghan pulouar

With wootz handle with fine pierced pommel dome.
Fangshi revival saber logo

Fangshi officer's saber

With a good blade and a set of fittings that exceed the quality of most of this period.
Early Chinese saber with raised backedge logo

Early yútóudāo

With influences from several cultures that are rarely seen on a single blade.
Yunnan Dai presentation dha logo

Chinese Shan presentation dha

Presented by the local Dai nobility to a British customs officer in 1936.
Ming militia jian logo

Early militia jian

An early Chinese militia jiàn most likely dating from the Ming.
Kachin dha logo

A Shan Kachin style dha

A large Kachin style square-ended dha in Shan style mountings.
Yutoudao logo

Yútóudāo (魚頭刀)

A subtype of Chinese sabers with a peaked spine.
A Chinese peidao logo

Pèidāo (佩刀)

Literally "waist-worn-saber".
Large southern Chinese saber

Large Southern Chinese saber

Built around a beautifully forged blade, in full polish, revealing a burl grain pattern.
Antique Chinese changdao logo

An antique chángdāo

Its large blade is of ridged cross-section, inspired by the Japanese design.
Vietnamese double swords logo

Vietnamese double swords

A rare combination of full-length double Vietnamese swords with live blades.
Jiagang logo

Jiāgāng (加鋼)

A construction of edged weapons where a separate piece of high-carbon steel is forged into layers of milder steel.
Markings on Chinese swords logo

Markings on Chinese swords

Most markings are found on military edged weapons, usually in the form of serial numbers and characters denoting a place or unit.
Tuanlian jian logo

Tuánliàn jiàn (團練劍)

The Chinese militia jian. A simple, practical version of the Chinese straightsword.
Chinese jian straightsword logo

Jiàn (劍)

The Chinese straightsword.