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Traditional chinese smithing MatthewK 03-07-2007
Posted by MatthewK on March 7, 2007, 12:47 pm
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Last night I watched about ten minutes of "Ancient Discoveries" on the
history channel. They talked about chinese swordsmithing a little.

Does anybody have any references for any of the chinese smithing practices?

matthew
ohio

Posted by Chilla on March 7, 2007, 5:26 pm
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I have stacks of images and references for swords and melee weapons,
from different cultures.

However for specific swords I would need a style or a "brand" (for want
of better words). Then I can look it up and send a few pictures.

Basically I have precise references for European Dark Age swords, but my
references for other cultures are usually in general tomes.



Regards Charles

MatthewK wrote:

> Last night I watched about ten minutes of "Ancient Discoveries" on the
> history channel. They talked about chinese swordsmithing a little.
>
> Does anybody have any references for any of the chinese smithing practices?
>
> matthew
> ohio


Posted by GSG on March 8, 2007, 7:34 pm
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Hi Guy's

Unlike info on Japanese swordsmithing, info on Chinese
smithing is scarce. It say's something about the differences in the two
cultures I suppose. Also a LOT of old texts were destroyed during the
"Cultural Revolution". SO much for progress eh? It is frustrating for
people who WANT TO KNOW, because they want to actually DO it! Anyway,
here are a few sites to get you started. I had others but they were lost
in a crash. Mostly I was surprized at how rough and ready small family
forges apear to be. be warned, there is a lot of garbage swords coming
out of China these days but there are a few who seem to do it right.


http://www.huanuosword.com/

http://www.zhengwutang.com/

http://www.swordforum.com/

have fun, Glen G. in Pgh.


Chilla wrote:

> I have stacks of images and references for swords and melee weapons,
> from different cultures.
>
> However for specific swords I would need a style or a "brand" (for want
> of better words). Then I can look it up and send a few pictures.
>
> Basically I have precise references for European Dark Age swords, but my
> references for other cultures are usually in general tomes.
>
>
>
> Regards Charles
>
> MatthewK wrote:
>
>> Last night I watched about ten minutes of "Ancient Discoveries" on the
>> history channel. They talked about chinese swordsmithing a little.
>>
>> Does anybody have any references for any of the chinese smithing
>> practices?
>>
>> matthew
>> ohio
>
>


Posted by MatthewK on March 8, 2007, 8:23 pm
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On Fri, 09 Mar 2007 00:34:30 +0000, GSG wrote:

> Hi Guy's
>
> Unlike info on Japanese swordsmithing, info on Chinese
> smithing is scarce. It say's something about the differences in the two
> cultures I suppose. Also a LOT of old texts were destroyed during the
> "Cultural Revolution". SO much for progress eh? It is frustrating for
> people who WANT TO KNOW, because they want to actually DO it! Anyway,
> here are a few sites to get you started. I had others but they were lost
> in a crash. Mostly I was surprized at how rough and ready small family
> forges apear to be. be warned, there is a lot of garbage swords coming
> out of China these days but there are a few who seem to do it right.
>

>
> have fun, Glen G. in Pgh.

Cool, thanks for the links. :) It doesnt help the first emperor of china
was a freaking book burner either. :) COmputer crashes/updates get me too.

One of my internet friends is chinese(hubei), she just doesn't get why I am
interested in traditional chinese culture. :)

matthew
ohio

Posted by GSG on March 23, 2007, 1:12 am
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Ya matt,
I practice TaiJi and my teacher is from Bejing. He's a
mathmatician in the real world but a gifted martial arts teacher as
well. He peppers the class with lots of history and anecdotes. I guess
you would call him a Rennaisance Man. We are very lucky to have him
here in Pittsburgh. Check out this website:

http://thomaschen.freewebspace.com/custom.html


Some of the best data on Chinese sword smithing that I've seen.



MatthewK wrote:

> On Fri, 09 Mar 2007 00:34:30 +0000, GSG wrote:
>
>
>>Hi Guy's
>>
>> Unlike info on Japanese swordsmithing, info on Chinese
>>smithing is scarce. It say's something about the differences in the two
>>cultures I suppose. Also a LOT of old texts were destroyed during the
>>"Cultural Revolution". SO much for progress eh? It is frustrating for
>>people who WANT TO KNOW, because they want to actually DO it! Anyway,
>>here are a few sites to get you started. I had others but they were lost
>>in a crash. Mostly I was surprized at how rough and ready small family
>>forges apear to be. be warned, there is a lot of garbage swords coming
>>out of China these days but there are a few who seem to do it right.
>>
>>
>
>> have fun, Glen G. in Pgh.
>>
>
> Cool, thanks for the links. :) It doesnt help the first emperor of china
> was a freaking book burner either. :) COmputer crashes/updates get me too.
>
> One of my internet friends is chinese(hubei), she just doesn't get why I am
> interested in traditional chinese culture. :)
>
> matthew
> ohio
>


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