Tibetan Sword

Jim McDougall · 11th November 2020, 02:36 PM

Wonderful to see responses on these OLD threads!!! even if nearly 14 years later! Its almost surreal. I get excited to see names I havent seen for so long, and think they're back.

This Tibetan sword is amazing, and does remind me of a Chinese sword with that round guard in unusual position, rather like the chakram style discs on some North Indian swords. The Chinese sword was featured in a Royal Armouries yearbook, but cannot recall which off hand (Philip....help).

Its great to see the explanation of the symbolism, hats off to Montino.

It seems like Tibetan craftsmen in border regions of China produced weapons for the Chinese and there was some sort of 'tribute' arrangement, which would account for an expected degree of cross influence.

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11th November 2020, 02:36 PM	#15
Jim McDougall Arms Historian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Route 66 Posts: 10,297	Wonderful to see responses on these OLD threads!!! even if nearly 14 years later! Its almost surreal. I get excited to see names I havent seen for so long, and think they're back. This Tibetan sword is amazing, and does remind me of a Chinese sword with that round guard in unusual position, rather like the chakram style discs on some North Indian swords. The Chinese sword was featured in a Royal Armouries yearbook, but cannot recall which off hand (Philip....help). Its great to see the explanation of the symbolism, hats off to Montino. It seems like Tibetan craftsmen in border regions of China produced weapons for the Chinese and there was some sort of 'tribute' arrangement, which would account for an expected degree of cross influence.