Jose sent us a link to this video of Scott Rodell at the Huanuo sword factory. Here, he uses the "Jian" first, I love the rolling cut he uses -- then the bigger and heavier "Dao". Here is the link to his website at The Great River Taoist Center.
Rick also sent us this link to a cool Blog "The Wu Sword Project", their mission statement is "This site chronicles our project to find the best authentic dao (sabre), jian (sword) and qiang (spear) for traditional Wu Style Tai Chi Chuan".
Thanks guys!
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Watching that makes me want to get some bamboo and start cutting away. I'm just too afraid to damage my own gims and daos.
I did some cutting of bundles of decorative twigs with my butterfly swords upon the advice of a sifu I met at a tournament a few years ago.
But I'm not afraid of damaging those swords. I've blocked long pole strikes with them and they held.
those sure are purdy. I sure like them broadswords.
Ha,haha
Cool clip. You don't see enough test cutting with Chinese swords. Loads of Japanese sword cutting though.
I checked out the Wu sword blog. It seems it hasn't been updated in a long time. Is it still active?
I don't know if it is still active Wim, I like the theme and effort of visiting all the swordmakers though...
I agree. It's a slowly dying craft. Can't say enough good things about people who preserve them.
A good Chinese sword won't damage when cutting this stuff.
The problem is that most are bad, I think that is why the Wu Sword Project was stopped. I've been in contact with these guys over the course of their investigation.
I've been on a similar path and so far have found only one maker that makes consistent quality that is suitable for cutting.
I've abused my forge folded sanmei saber for years now, it has some scratches on the softer layers but no damage on the hard inserted core plate.
Scratches are normal on any sword though, just like on tools.
Thanks for the info Peter. My own experience pretty much matches yours. I'm still looking for a good jian and dao for more than ten years. One that is affordable, I mean. :-) There's just so much crap on the market.
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