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Originally Posted by ltp95002
Just to add some interests to Chinese saber, here is a nice example of Qi Jia Dao. Starting in Ming, to improve the quality of its sabers, these sabers started to be made modeling after Japanese sword. In the collector's circle they are called Qi Jia Dao, as legend has it were first made for the famous general Qi Ji-guang. This style continued into early Qing.
This sample has an interesting groove, and the iron fittings are unique as well. The fittings has remnant of silver decoration, but hard to show in the pictures.
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Hi,
Interesting sword. You can see the Japanese influence in the blade and the groove looks very similar in size and position as the grooves in some Japanese military swords that I have in my collection. Thanks for sharing.