Traditional patterns of sword ornaments

There are rewards for bright swords, and the beauty of cold weapons surprises you.

Imperial Forest Saber in Ming Dynasty

The Kingsguard Saber is actually the Miao Dao now. In fact, this kind of Dao is now called Qi Jiguang, a famous Japanese anti-Japanese warrior. He studied and innovated the Japanese long Dao technology and developed the Qijia Dao, which is long and narrow in shape, curved in arc and long in handle, and can be held by both hands.

In the thirty-ninth year of Jiajing in Ming Dynasty, Qi Jiguang compiled The Art of Using Knife in Mind. After some training, the officers and men of "Qijiajun" showed their talents in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression according to this knife method.

Miao Dao (antique)

This kind of long Dao existed in Han Dynasty. Early known as long knife, two-handed knife, single knife and so on. Because the blade is slender, martial artists later named it Miao Dao in order to distinguish it from other knives.

Ming Dynasty Embroidered Spring Knife Flying Fish Set

Embroidered spring knife in Ming dynasty. The embroidered spring knife on the waist is not a patent of Royal Guards. Guards, flag bearers and other pro-troops can wear them, and ministers of civil and military affairs will also receive embroidered spring knives when they ride with the emperor.

The Lancet in Ming Dynasty

Because the shape of the knife is similar to willow leaves, it was named The Lancet. The infantry of the Ming army were heavily equipped with this knife. The gentle curve follows the blade, which reduces the reverse ability of the lancet and increases the cutting force of the lancet. Compared with Japanese knives, the width of the blade is also very wide.

Usually two knives are used together, which is lighter and harder than ordinary knives. The difference between The Lancet and Yanling Dao: The Lancet starts to bend at the root of the blade, while Yanling Dao starts to bend upward at the root of the blade, which is two-thirds of the straight blade. Willow leaves have a large arc and a wide tip, while Yanling leaves have a small arc and a narrow tip, which is slightly upturned.

Mingyanling avenue

"The general is naturally generous, and his waist spans the sword of autumn water"! The physical map of Yanling Dao, the first one is the style of Yanling Dao in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties. The blade posture is stretched, the blade blood groove is neat and powerful, the blade is sharp, the shape is beautiful, and it has both actual combat and etiquette.

Yan mingchi said

① Yan-wing knives in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. This knife is 7.8 cm long, with copper and gold-plated fittings, high relief dragon pattern, fine workmanship and high grade. (Mr. Song Zifeng hides)

② The Yan-wing knives in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties were exquisite in workmanship, square in installation and few in good condition. (Mr. Huang Fujiang hides)

③ The Yan-wing Dao in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties has a segmented blood groove with seven stars embedded. Fittings are square and plated with copper. (Mr. Liang Yiren hides)

④ In the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, the blade of the wild goose wing was stretched, and the blood grooves on the blade were neat, especially the fine blood grooves on the upper part, which were so smooth that they were only 0. 1 cm away from the back of the blade and kept parallel to the back of the blade. It's not easy.

Ming dagger-1

The short knife, S-shaped hand guard, popular in southwest China in Ming Dynasty, can block and lock the opponent's weapon. In addition, there are official knives equipped by cavalry.

Ming dagger -2

Mao (1594- 1640) in Ming Dynasty thought that there were only four kinds of sabers commonly used in Song Dynasty (hand knife, drip knife, machete, crescent knife, halberd knife, eyebrow knife, phoenix mouth knife and pen knife): "long knife, short knife" is the latter one to show strength through practice. Can be applied to arrays.

Yaoming island

It's 70-80 cm long, the blade has no inverted edge and blood groove, the handle is straight, and the tip of the knife is Japanese-style, which can cut nails.

The saber of Deng Zhouqi in Wanli ten years

After the Jiajing Dynasty, the Ming army began to equip a large number of such broadswords. Broadsword is often combined with rattan card, so it is called "waist also rattan card".

Knife making with two-handed pickaxe in Ming Dynasty

In the Ming Dynasty, the stir-fried steel with low carbon content was heated and repeatedly forged to precipitate impurities, then iron was sandwiched as blade steel, and then quenched and forged, so that the sword in the Ming Dynasty was both rigid and flexible, reaching the highest level of forging technology.

Technology of rotating welding horse teeth and clamping steel on sword in Ming Dynasty

Compared with the previous generation, the manufacturing technology of swords in Ming Dynasty has made great progress, not only making innovations, but also constantly introducing and absorbing foreign advanced technologies, thus achieving the goal of "learning from foreigners and mastering foreign skills".

The basic craft of sword in Ming dynasty is the traditional steel inlay and steel clip. Since the appearance of iron knives in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, this method has been maturing and perfected in the Ming Dynasty.

Ming dynasty steel sword

It can be seen that the sword of the Ming Dynasty is superior to that of the previous dynasty, and it is not lost to West Asia and East Asia. If it weren't for the popularity of firearms and the development of modern science and technology in the west, the swords of the Ming Dynasty could have been carried forward and continued to create the glory of steel weapons.

The sword of Emperor Yongle in Ming Dynasty in British Museum

This sword was made in/kloc-0 in the early 5th century. It was a gift from Emperor Yongle of the Ming Dynasty to a living Buddha in a Tibetan temple. This is an outstanding work of art. The body of the sword is forged and folded from steel with different materials, and the rotary welding process can be adopted. The pattern is very delicate and vivid.

The ridge in the middle of the blade increases the strength of the sword, which is simple and classic. The scabbard has staggered and embossed patterns. This sword hides a strong wind. The appearance is heavily plated and well preserved.

Minnurhachi sword

This sword was given by Nurhachi when he was promoted to "Dragon and Tiger General" in Ming Dynasty.