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2. Dao (Chinese sword) - Wikipedia

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   Dao blades are moderately curved and single-edged, though often with a few inches of the back edge sharpened; the moderate curve allows them to be reasonably effective in the thrust. Hilts are sometimes canted, curving in the opposite direction of the blade, which improves handling in some forms of cuts and thrusts. The cord is usually wrapped ...

3. Hamon (swordsmithing) - Wikipedia

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   The nioi appears faintly as the bright line following the hamon; especially visible at the tip (kissaki). In swordsmithing, hamon (刃文) (from Japanese, literally "edge pattern") is a visible effect created on the blade by the hardening process. The hamon is the outline of the hardened zone (yakiba) which contains the cutting edge (ha).

4. Tang (tools) - Wikipedia

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   A tang or shank is the back portion of the blade component of a tool where it extends into stock material or connects to a handle – as on a knife, sword, spear, arrowhead, chisel, file, coulter, pike, scythe, screwdriver, etc. [1][2] One can classify various tang designs by their appearance, by the manner in which they attach to a handle, and ...

5. Chinese sword - Wikipedia

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   Historically, Chinese swords are classified into two types, the jian and the dao.A Jian is a straight, double-edged sword mainly used for stabbing, and has been commonly translated into the English language as a longsword; while a dao is a single-edged sword (mostly curved from the Song dynasty forward) mainly used for cutting, and has been translated as a saber or a "knife".

6. Gerber Legendary Blades - Wikipedia

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   Gerber Legendary Blades is an American maker of knives, multitools, and other tools for outdoors and military headquartered in Portland, Oregon. Gerber is owned by the Finnish outdoors products company Fiskars. Gerber was established in 1939 by Pete Gerber. Gerber is the "largest maker of knives and multi-tools for the United States armed ...

7. Ancient Chinese coinage - Wikipedia

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   The earliest coinage of China was described by Sima Qian, the great historian of c. 100 BCE: With the opening of exchange between farmers, artisans, and merchants, there came into use money of tortoise shells, cowrie shells, gold, coins (Chinese: 錢; pinyin: qián), knives (Chinese: 刀; pinyin: dāo), spades (Chinese: 布; pinyin: bù).