īesides specialized weapons like the Divided Dao, Chinese swords are usually 70–110 cm (28–43 in) in length. In modern times, the ceremonial commissioned officer's sword of the Chinese navy has been patterned after the traditional jian since 2008. They switched to wrought iron and steel during the late Warring States period. Bronze jians appeared during the Western Zhou period. The jian has been translated as a long sword, while the dao has been translated as a saber or a knife. Jians are straight swords, while daos are single-edged swords and mostly curved from the Song dynasty forward. Historically, a Chinese sword is classified into two types, jian and dao. None of this makes me a expert by any means as i hold no doctoral or masters on the subject.Spring and Autumn period jian, Warring States jian, Qin dynasty jians, Han dynasty jian, Ming dynasty jian, Qing dynasty jian The understanding of function came from actual use in live steel combat through the E.C.S. Most of my info is derived from research on alexander the great and research on hopolite soldiers as well as a look into roman foundry work. Eh didn't look at the dates just saw that there was very little on the leaf blade but alot on the straight sword. However iron is not as forgiving when cast (it tends to develop too much carbon and become brittle) thus the departure to creating bars of iron then just cut out what you need, run it over a grinding stone to make sharp, and rivet in.Īs for why i brought it up. This is easy when they are bronze and poured out in 10 blade rows. The romans where all about mass production which is why the blades where designed to detach from the hilt by 3-5 rivets. The leaf shape was ultimately left behind because it was easier to manufacture straight blades. I would pick a well made leaf blade with good handling dynamics over a clunky straight blade, and vice versa. When you buy a sword you're getting the whole package. Sharpening a 2mm deep nick out of a perfectly straight edge will leave a very noticeable scallop that can't be blended as easily.īut when it comes down to performance, and choosing between modern reproductions, I would have to say that depends far more on the maker's overall knowledge about balance, construction, edge geometry, heat treatment, etc. (I know that the Celts and Chinese cast their bronze swords- not forged, and assumed most other cultures did the same.) And they won't look funny as soon from repeated sharpening since they're all curves. I have to think in the age of bronze, this would be just as big a reason for making leaf blades as any other reason. One practical application for leaf blades is that with repeated use (i.e., nicks & dings in the edge) they will last longer since they're generally broader at the area where most of this damage would occur.
Leaf bladed battle axe vs d scim skin#
A drop point would skin as well in most circumstances. Later, the shape of the "skinner" was assumed to be the best shape for such knives because all the old ones were shaped that way. We all know what happens to the tip when the bevels are forged on a straight bar. Smiths with limited skills and equipment beat out a knife from a straight bar of steel. The shape of the "mountain man skinner" came about the same way. Making the straight sword curved allowed for better slashing, and the many sabre style blades evolved. A little later on the straight sword was easier to shape and became the norm. Thus, as the billet was beat out to thin the forward area, it became wider than the thicker ricasso area. The area in the front of the blade should be thinner to allow better cutting and penetration. The area near the handle would need to be thicker to avoid bending and breaking. The early development of the leaf blade shape was to a good part a function of shaping a rough billet of steel/bronze/copper into a sword. The obvious answer is that curved blades slash and hack better than straight blades.
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