Chinese Judgment Sword (long handle)
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| Weapon type: | Sword, sword of execution |
| Use: | weapon |
| Region of origin / author: |
China |
| Distribution: | China |
| Overall length: | about 155 cm |
| Handle: | Metal wrapped with a silk cord |
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A Chinese guiding sword (long handle) is a guiding sword from China .
description
A Chinese straightening sword (long handle) has a straight, single-edged blade. The blade becomes wider from the handle to the location and is bent and pointed at the location. Two light hollow grinds are usually worked out directly below the back of the blade. The sword has no guard . The booklet is wrapped with a silk cord. As is often the case with Chinese swords, the pommel is designed as a ring. Various types of judging swords were used in China and were in use until the 20th century.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ George Cameron Stone , Donald J. LaRocca: A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor: in All Countries and in All Times. Courier Dover Publications, 1999, ISBN 978-0-486-40726-5 (Reprint), page 643.
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