Asian knife-need help!

Shakethetrees · 25th January 2015, 09:24 PM

I began a new thread several months ago when I posted images of a pole arm called "guandao".

Your pole arm somewhat resembles both the knife in this thread and the guandao post of early October.

I think it's a form that, being flamboyant, is apt to be copied and imitated.

Yours appears to be fairly late, i.e. twentieth century. The pole is held by the socket-grip. Mine bears a tang, and has the crust of age all over.

The knife shown in this thread could possibly be from South East Asia somewhere, but, as it came from a warehouse in Tianjin, who knows?

I am also hoping to get something more concrete that can lead to a confident attribution.

25th January 2015, 09:24 PM	#4
Shakethetrees Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Louisiana Posts: 363	I began a new thread several months ago when I posted images of a pole arm called "guandao". Your pole arm somewhat resembles both the knife in this thread and the guandao post of early October. I think it's a form that, being flamboyant, is apt to be copied and imitated. Yours appears to be fairly late, i.e. twentieth century. The pole is held by the socket-grip. Mine bears a tang, and has the crust of age all over. The knife shown in this thread could possibly be from South East Asia somewhere, but, as it came from a warehouse in Tianjin, who knows? I am also hoping to get something more concrete that can lead to a confident attribution.