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Royston · 18th April 2008, 12:14 PM

Thanks to all who answered my questions. It's good to see that there are a few more of these out there. I would say they are not common though. Apart from the pictures that you have sent I can still only find one reference and that is the simple line drawing in Rawson's book on page 58.

Tim, the Dao is easy enough to draw from the wooden scabbard, but does it matter ? I think most warriors going into battle already have weapons drawn in preparation. A lot of the swords I own are not that easy to remove from scabbards although I suppose that just might be age shrinkage.

Thanks again
Roytson

18th April 2008, 12:14 PM	#10
Royston Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Poole England Posts: 441	Grip Thanks to all who answered my questions. It's good to see that there are a few more of these out there. I would say they are not common though. Apart from the pictures that you have sent I can still only find one reference and that is the simple line drawing in Rawson's book on page 58. Tim, the Dao is easy enough to draw from the wooden scabbard, but does it matter ? I think most warriors going into battle already have weapons drawn in preparation. A lot of the swords I own are not that easy to remove from scabbards although I suppose that just might be age shrinkage. Thanks again Roytson