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2. 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 ...

3. Dahong palay - Wikipedia

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   A contemporary dahong palay, from Majayjay. Overall length is 20 inches (50 cm). The hilt is made from carabao horn, and the scabbard is made from narra. The dahong palay (also spelled dinahong palay, dahon palay or dahompalay ), literally "rice leaf" in Tagalog, is a single-edged sword from the southern Tagalog provinces of the Philippines.

4. Sword - Wikipedia

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   In a "full" tang (most commonly used in knives and machetes), the tang has about the same width as the blade, and is generally the same shape as the grip. [101] In European or Asian swords sold today, many advertised "full" tangs may actually involve a forged rat-tail tang.

5. Changdao - Wikipedia

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   Changdao. The changdao (traditional Chinese: 長刀; simplified Chinese: 长刀; pinyin: chángdāo; lit. 'long sword') was a two-handed, single-edged Chinese sword. The term changdao has been translated as "long saber," "saber-staff," or "long-handled saber." During the Ming dynasty, changdao was often used as a general term for two-handed ...

6. 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".

7. Parang (knife) - Wikipedia

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   The parang blade ranges from 25 to 91 centimetres (10 to 36 in) in length. [1] The parang has a weight of up to 0.91 kilograms (2 lb) and the edge usually uses a convex grind. The parang has three different edges: the front is very sharp and used for skinning, the middle is wider and used for chopping, and the back end (near the handle) is very ...