? Chinese knife daosi

Shakethetrees · 19th August 2014, 06:28 PM

Somewhere I saw a Chinese daosi style knife illustrated that was made by Will & Finks of SF during the mid 19th c. I don't recall if the blade was a clipped point or a traditional point typically found on these knives.

I do remember that the pommel was the typical clipped-corner cube that is almost ubiquitous to daosi. My pommel's a strange form that I've never seen anywhere else.

I'm not in any way hinting that mine could have been made by W&F. Wherever it came from it appears to be the product of a small shop. Could it be, with its various anomalies, a knife that was made here in the US, from a memory of a daosi for a Chinese customer by American smith?

With the drastic language differences, a basic description verbalized to an American blacksmith may well have left the clip point and pommel up for interpretation.

When (and if!) I find the picture of the W&F knife, I will post it.

19th August 2014, 06:28 PM	#5
Shakethetrees Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Louisiana Posts: 363	Somewhere I saw a Chinese daosi style knife illustrated that was made by Will & Finks of SF during the mid 19th c. I don't recall if the blade was a clipped point or a traditional point typically found on these knives. I do remember that the pommel was the typical clipped-corner cube that is almost ubiquitous to daosi. My pommel's a strange form that I've never seen anywhere else. I'm not in any way hinting that mine could have been made by W&F. Wherever it came from it appears to be the product of a small shop. Could it be, with its various anomalies, a knife that was made here in the US, from a memory of a daosi for a Chinese customer by American smith? With the drastic language differences, a basic description verbalized to an American blacksmith may well have left the clip point and pommel up for interpretation. When (and if!) I find the picture of the W&F knife, I will post it.