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Originally Posted by Shakethetrees
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.
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If you can find any additional images of any type that would be helpful.