Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Chinese (or other country) sai/parrying weapon

Shakethetrees · 11th October 2014, 03:55 AM

As I recall, there are images to be found in the W.O. Oldman catalog.

They are not sai, but basically iron or bronze bars or tapering straight form with sword like hilts.

I will have to locate my copy and see if I can get a clear enough scan to use here. While the pictures are old and a bit faded, I believe the add a few interesting types that are scarcely seen these days.

In reading translated accounts of riots and crowd control during the 19th century's many upheavals I recall that they simply called these weapons "iron bars". This is probably due to translation issues as the Chinese term for them is never mentioned.

I will have a look around tonight.

11th October 2014, 03:55 AM	#33
Shakethetrees Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Louisiana Posts: 363	As I recall, there are images to be found in the W.O. Oldman catalog. They are not sai, but basically iron or bronze bars or tapering straight form with sword like hilts. I will have to locate my copy and see if I can get a clear enough scan to use here. While the pictures are old and a bit faded, I believe the add a few interesting types that are scarcely seen these days. In reading translated accounts of riots and crowd control during the 19th century's many upheavals I recall that they simply called these weapons "iron bars". This is probably due to translation issues as the Chinese term for them is never mentioned. I will have a look around tonight.