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

Timo Nieminen · 4th October 2014, 02:35 AM

Some more (possibly) Chinese cha/sai:

Group of Highbinder weapons including a sai: http://amst312.umwblogs.org/2009/01/29/the-highbinders/

http://www.jikishinkobudo.com/articl...ection/8756081

Further to my earlier comments on trying to identify the origin of a particular sai, Okinawa was a major trade centre, connecting China, Korea, Japan, and the Philippines. A lot of trade went through Okinawa, with Chinese goods proceeding to Japan and the Philippines, and Japanese goods going to Chinese and SE Asia. Given domestic Okinawan iron production being what it was (I've seen it described as "absent"), a lot of "Okinawan" iron goods may well have been imported in the finished state, rather than being locally made.

4th October 2014, 02:35 AM	#16
Timo Nieminen Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 422	Some more (possibly) Chinese cha/sai: Group of Highbinder weapons including a sai: http://amst312.umwblogs.org/2009/01/29/the-highbinders/ http://www.jikishinkobudo.com/articl...ection/8756081 Further to my earlier comments on trying to identify the origin of a particular sai, Okinawa was a major trade centre, connecting China, Korea, Japan, and the Philippines. A lot of trade went through Okinawa, with Chinese goods proceeding to Japan and the Philippines, and Japanese goods going to Chinese and SE Asia. Given domestic Okinawan iron production being what it was (I've seen it described as "absent"), a lot of "Okinawan" iron goods may well have been imported in the finished state, rather than being locally made. Last edited by Timo Nieminen; 4th October 2014 at 02:46 AM.