Military Dao, casted steel?

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Originally Posted by benny.lee

Thank you for sure.
The inscription "1754" is a calendar, a 60 year cycle
On Chinese sword metal forging, the ancient no high temperature furnace, with charcoal as fuel, mixed with iron sand, after many times forging hammers
Posted pictures of the Ming Dynasty sword

Hello Benny Lee,

Looking at the photos of the Ming dynasty sword, I became convinced this is a Japan made Naginata, as one can clearly identfy the typically Japanese hada and hamon.

Please bear it in mind that at those times, weapons were one of the very few items Japan had available for trade and they traded them heavily with China in excange of various other items (silk, silver, gold, ivory, etc.).