03-22-2013, 04:42 AM
If anyone wants the quality product, try Jkoo Sword, also known as Samurisword.com. You'll be conversing with Mr. Yang. Jkoo is situated in Longquan, aka "Dragon Springs," and the town has been making quality swords for 2,000 years.
A note to Eduard,
These long-handled cavalry swords were also long-bladed. A practical case for using two hands is simple: the blades were too heavy for extended use with one hand. Archaeological cross-sections show these blades were shaped like a clam; narrow across yes, but heavier-bladed than a Roman sword such as a gladius or spatha. Today's wushu or ti-chi blades are flexible and thin, made for dancing, but the original blades were thick enough to grind into an 8-sided configuration, not the simple 4-sided blade of a gladius or wushu sword. The Type 1 Sarmatian sword was a killer at both ends.
A note to Eduard,
These long-handled cavalry swords were also long-bladed. A practical case for using two hands is simple: the blades were too heavy for extended use with one hand. Archaeological cross-sections show these blades were shaped like a clam; narrow across yes, but heavier-bladed than a Roman sword such as a gladius or spatha. Today's wushu or ti-chi blades are flexible and thin, made for dancing, but the original blades were thick enough to grind into an 8-sided configuration, not the simple 4-sided blade of a gladius or wushu sword. The Type 1 Sarmatian sword was a killer at both ends.
Alan J. Campbell
member of Legio III Cyrenaica and the Uncouth Barbarians
Author of:
The Demon's Door Bolt (2011)
Forging the Blade (2012)
"It's good to be king. Even when you're dead!"
Old Yuezhi/Pazyrk proverb
member of Legio III Cyrenaica and the Uncouth Barbarians
Author of:
The Demon's Door Bolt (2011)
Forging the Blade (2012)
"It's good to be king. Even when you're dead!"
Old Yuezhi/Pazyrk proverb
