Silver overlaid pèidāo
A Qing officer saber with silver overlay on the blade.
Han Plain Red Banner saber
Southern Chinese saber made for a soldier under the Plain Red Banner.
Qing peidao with gold grooves
With fine 18th century blade that combines many stylistic features.
Chinese demon head saber
Based on a Chinese military saber blade, with unusual horn demon hilt
Qing twistcore peidao
A fine twistcore blade in standard pattern Qing military mounts.
The saber of Manchu Wu Songlu
A standard pattern Qing military saber, but with the rare addition of a label in Manchu.
Jūn Huǒ Jú-made saber
Produced in the ordnance factory in Zengbu, near Guangzhou.
Qing fangshi soldier's saber
A rare surviving example of the simple military version of this style.
Cantonese saber
With brass mounts and ray skin covered scabbard.
Southern Chinese saber
Of typical southern form with a very slender, pointy blade.
An early form niúwěidāo
With good, layered blade, mounted in forged iron mounts.
Qijiadao in Vince Evans mounts
The 17th-century blade is mounted in fittings designed by Philip Tom and executed by Vince Evans some 20 years ago.
Fangshi officer's saber
With a good blade and a set of fittings that exceed the quality of most of this period.
Large Southern Chinese saber
Built around a beautifully forged blade, in full polish, revealing a burl grain pattern.
A 17th century Manchu saber
A massive 17th century saber blade with markings in Manchu and Chinese.
Niuweidao with Guangxu mark
Dated 1895. Large and heavy, a quality piece.
Late Qing southern saber
With differential heat-treatment, creating a cloudy crystalline effect along the edge.
Early Qing saber
A rare Chinese officer's saber of the 17th century.
Excellent Qing officer saber
Introduction
The yaodao, literally "waist saber" was the standard side-arm for the Qing dynasty mi
Ming dynasty saber blade
Introduction
The Chinese saber comes in a great variety of curvatures, profiles, and with different combina
Peidao in iron fangshi mounts
Introduction
The terms peidao or yaodao are synonyms that were in use simultaneously in Q
Southern Chinese saber
Introduction
The yaodao, literally "waist saber" was the standard side-arm for the Qing dynasty mi
Chinese saber of the Chaoyang army
Late 18th century, complete with its original scabbard.
19th century Qing military saber
With massive 10mm thick blade with strong distal taper.
Chinese shuangdao - double sabers
With narrow liuyedao blades of moderate curvature.
Chinese twistcore presentation saber
An unusually large presentation saber in the style of high-end Chinese military sabers.
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.
Chinese saber with segmented grooves
With openwork brass mounts in early imperial style.
Chinese saber with yatağan style blade
An extremely rare and possibly unique type of Chinese officer's saber, or peidao, of the 18th century.
Rare Chinese twistcore saber
Background
Most Chinese swords and sabers are made with a hard high carbon steel edge plate sandwich
A Chinese woyaodao
Introduction
The ridged and facetted blade shape that is so well known nowadays from Japane
