The sword was rewarded in the Ming Dynasty, and the beauty of cold weapons surprised you.
Imperial Forest Saber in the Ming Dynasty
This type of sword is actually Miao Dao now. In fact, this kind of Dao is now known as Qi Jiguang, a famous Japanese anti-Japanese warrior, who studied and innovated the Japanese long Dao technique, and developed Qijia Dao, which has a long and narrow shape, a curved arc and a long handle, and can be held by both hands.
In the 39th year of Jiajing in Ming Dynasty, Qi Jiguang compiled Xin You's Knife Method. After some training, the officers and men of "Qijiajun" showed their talents in the anti-Japanese war according to this knife method.
Miao Dao (antique)
This kind of long Dao has existed in Han Dynasty. In the early days, it was called long Dao, double-handed Dao, single Dao and so on. Because of its slender body, later martial artists named it Miao Dao in order to distinguish it from other Dao.
Ming dynasty embroidered spring knife flying fish suit
Ming dynasty embroidered spring knife. Embroidered Spring Knife on the waist is not a patent of the Royal Guards. It can be worn by guards, flag bearers and other pro-troops, and ministers of civil and military affairs will also be given embroidered Spring Knife when they ride with the emperor.
The Lancet in the Ming dynasty
was named The Lancet because its shape was similar to willow leaves. 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 broad.
two knives are usually used together, which is lighter and less hard than ordinary knives. The difference between The Lancet and Yanling Dao: The Lancet started to bend at the root of the blade, and Yanling Dao started to bend upward at the root of the blade, which was two thirds of the straight blade. Willow leaves have a large arc, the tip is wide, Yanling blade has a small arc, and the tip is narrow and slightly upturned.
Ming Yanling Knife
"A general is born with boldness, and his waist is horizontal."! The physical picture of Yanling Dao, the first one is the style of Yanling Dao from the late Ming Dynasty to the early Qing Dynasty. The blade posture is stretched, the blood groove of the blade is neat and powerful, the blade is sharp, the shape is beautiful, and it has both actual combat and etiquette.
Ming Yan-wing knife
① Yan-wing knife in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. This blade is 7.8 cm long, copper gilded fittings, high relief dragon patterns, fine workmanship and high grade. (hidden by Mr. Song Zifeng)
② The Yan-wing Dao in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties is exquisite in workmanship and square in installation, and the fittings are rarely well preserved. (hidden by Mr. Huang Fujiang)
③ The late Ming and early Qing Yan-wing Dao has a segmented blood groove and seven stars embedded in it. The fittings are square and copper-gilded. (hidden by Mr. Liang Yiyan)
④ In the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, the blade posture of the wild goose-wing knife was stretched, and the blood groove on the blade body was neat, especially the fine blood groove on the upper part, which was so smooth only .1 cm away from the back of the knife and kept parallel to the back of the knife. It was not easy.
Ming Short Knife -1
A short knife popular in southwest China in Ming Dynasty, an S-shaped armguard, can block and lock the opponent's weapon. In addition, there are official short knives equipped with cavalry.
Ming Short Knife -2
In the Ming Dynasty, Mao Yuanyi (1594-164) thought that there were only four kinds of sabers (hand knife, throwing knife, bending knife, crescent moon knife, halberd knife, eyebrow knife, phoenix mouth knife and pen knife) commonly used in the Song Dynasty: "That is, The latter one shows its strength by practicing it, is it true? Can be applied to the array.
Ming Yao Dao
is mostly 7 to 8 cm long, with no reverse blade and blood groove, a straight handle and a Japanese knife tip, which can chop armor.
After ten years of Wanli's visit to Zhou Qi's Sabre
After Jiajing Dynasty, the Ming army began to equip this kind of broadsword in large quantities. The broadsword is often combined with rattan card, so it is called "waist also rattan card".
Two-handed pickaxe knife-making in Ming Dynasty
In Ming Dynasty, stir-fried steel with low carbon content was heated, repeatedly folded and forged, so that impurities were separated out, and then it was sandwiched with cast iron as blade steel, and then quenched and forged, so that the sword and sword in Ming Dynasty were both rigid and flexible, reaching the highest level of forging technology.
The technology of rotating welding horse's teeth and clamping steel on the sword in Ming Dynasty
The manufacturing technology of the sword in Ming Dynasty has made great progress compared with the previous dynasties, which not only made some innovations, but also constantly introduced and absorbed foreign advanced technologies, thus achieving the goal of "learning from foreigners and controlling foreigners".
The basic techniques of sword in Ming Dynasty are traditional steel inlaying and steel clamping. Since the appearance of iron knives in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, this method has been maturing and reached perfection in Ming Dynasty.
Ming dynasty steel sword
It can be seen from this that the sword of Ming dynasty is really superior to 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 Yongle Emperor in Ming Dynasty in British Museum
This sword was made in the early 15th century. It was a gift from Yongle Emperor in Ming Dynasty to a living Buddha in a Tibetan temple. It is an outstanding work of art.. The body of the sword is forged and folded from steel of different materials, and the rotary welding process may 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 patterns and embossed patterns. This sword has a strong Tibetan style. The exterior is covered with heavy gold, which is perfectly preserved.
Ming Nuerhachi Sword
This sword was given by Nuerhachi in the Ming Dynasty when he was a border official in the Ming Dynasty.