The Tang Sword

The Tang Sword

The Tang Sword, which originated in the Tang Dynasty, has undoubtedly become the strongest close combat cold weapon on the battlefield from the battle of unification at the beginning of the Tang Dynasty to all the internal and external wars during the Tang Dynasty. In the world at that time, the Tang sword is with the Arab Damascus knife known in the world of the two famous knives, both technically and artistically have reached a very high level of achievement, and even in the latter days of the history of cold weapons Tang sword has a huge and far-reaching influence, can be said to be the pinnacle of China's history of swords and knives.

The Tang army was generally equipped with the horizontal sword as a short weapon, as well as bows, crossbows and other long-range weapons. Horizontal sword is the Tang dynasty cavalry and infantry each necessary weapons, "Taibai yinjing" mentioned in the Tang army wearing swords accounted for 80% of the proportion of the sword, which is the sword that is the horizontal sword, can be seen the importance of the horizontal sword is extraordinary. Starting from the middle of Tang Dynasty, the design of the head of the sword gradually removed the ring head, the hilt was extended, and most of them could be held in both hands. The shape of the Tang Yokozuna was straight, with a narrow blade and thick ridges. It can be called the originator of the "Japanese Sword", but the body and blade of the Tang Yokozuna are basically straight, unlike the common "Japanese Sword" which is curved with a curve.

Performance: cut wire, break 3 coins (rough open)

Fish skin sheaths, Tang knives began to be wrapped in metal at the mouth and end of the sheath. The sheath of the hanging ring process is complex, extremely decorative, can fully reflect the full Tang Dynasty ceremonial knife of the majesty and exquisite. The sheath material is made of solid wood wrapped with fish skin, which is hard, not easy to crack due to climate change, and looks shiny and glossy.

Hundred refined patterned steel, the forging of the Tang sword is based on the deep foundation of the previous dynasties, inherited the fine tradition of Chinese knives, absorbing the folding steel and local quenching technology combined.

When making Tang knives, the steel blocks need to be folded and forged hundreds of times by hand. The quality of the steel is greatly improved due to the fact that Hundred Refined Steel has more carbon, a finer organization and a more uniform composition. Then after the local quenching technology (i.e., overlay burning edge process) to accurately control the different parts of the blade when quenching different cooling speed, so that the blade part of the hard, while the blade toughness, this rigid and flexible design to solve the shortcomings of the traditional sword just very easy to fold, so that the Tang sword has a strong combat capability.

Hand-carved classic Tang grass pattern, the lines are varied, the flowers are complex and gorgeous, the level is rich, the blades are curved and curled, and the overall structure is stretching and smooth, full and gorgeous, and vibrant.

With the changes in the form of war, the Tang sword in the Yi knife and the horizontal knife developed into a later knife, Yi knife to the east to Goryeo and Japan, and evolved into its famous cold weapons, to the southwest to become the ancestor of the Tibetan knife, the Stranger's knife in the later evolution of the Song knife, which changes to a number of kinds of long knives have been handed down to the later generations, the Tang sword's birth and development of the witness of the history of the most powerful empire, the Tang sword, the Tang sword is also a cold weapon, the Tang sword is also a cold weapon. The Tang sword has also become a brilliant chapter in the culture of cold weapons.