Chinese Qing Dynasty DAO Handmade damascus steel sword Rosewood handle scabbard For Sale

Chinese SwordSwords have a long history in China. Bronze swords have been traced back to the bronze daggers of the Shang dynasty. Bronze long swords suddenly appeared during the mid-third century BC. Later swords were made of iron or steel. These metals were wrought, never cast. Swords commonly reached a length of 70–100 cm, although longer swords have been found.Chinese iron swords were used in Japan from the third to sixth century AD, but were replaced with Korean and native Japanese swords by the middle of the Heian era.The Chinese classify all swords into two types, jian (剑) and dao (刀). Jians are dual-edged while daos are single-edged.Bo-hi: Bo-hi double sideBlade Material:folded steel Weight with saya: 1658g Weight without saya:1163g Handle length:19cm/7.48inchBlade length: 64cm/25.2inchOverall length: (scabbard):RosewoodOther fittings:BrassFolded steelThe steel we use with the blade is the high carbon steel folding by 11 times,creating with 2048 layers;In a certain range,the purity of the steel will be higher with the increase of the folding times,and the content of the carbon will be more evenly,the functional of the blade will be better.As we all know that the more content with the steel,the harder it will be and the blade will be shaper;we have do the cutting test of the blade,it can cut bamboo(young bamboo tree),brass mattings and slice paper(should keep the blade 45°).