Chinese Sword

Emanuel · 14th May 2009, 02:43 AM

Hello Brian, nice sword. I've been looking for some decent examples of Chinese swords, but it seems quite hard to tell the copies from the older ones.

You gave the distal taper (4mm to 1mm). This indicates that the blade thickness tapers towards the tip. Generally a good sign...copies and fakes don't bother with the distal taper as it's much easier to cut out or stamp out a sword shape out of a sheet of metal of uniform thickness.

Cheers!
Emanuel

14th May 2009, 02:43 AM	#1
Emanuel Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,242	Hello Brian, nice sword. I've been looking for some decent examples of Chinese swords, but it seems quite hard to tell the copies from the older ones. You gave the distal taper (4mm to 1mm). This indicates that the blade thickness tapers towards the tip. Generally a good sign...copies and fakes don't bother with the distal taper as it's much easier to cut out or stamp out a sword shape out of a sheet of metal of uniform thickness. Cheers! Emanuel