It is a simplified Tang styled straight single edged sword I believe

here are some shots I took:








any comments? would u like to share your own ''weapons''

hope you'll take some more pictures in the day light and close ups of the inscription. hmm... turn the Macro feature on for better close ups. on none DSLRs it normally looks like a flower.

Ok, these are the pictures for advertisment of this sword:

That's a fine looking sword you have there. What type of wood is the hilt and scabbard made of and how fine/sharp is the edge?

beautiful Tang style sword...

padauk with copper sheet wrapped on both ends. The smithman assured me that it can chop down iron stick of 2 centimeter long in diameter. I never test it. I doubt it is sharp enough to cut iron, but sure could cause damage on objects easily. My first name is engraved in seal style on the body of the sword. It took 3 weeks to finish the whole sword with 9 courses. I asked the smithman whether it could be as fine as the novel Water Margin's depiction of a sword that a hair could be cut off by the blade when it is blown against it? He responded'' no, but we could make it near that'' It would require another 9 courses in addition and be charged more than one time of the original price. So I gave up.

Simply Beautiful- I've always had a soft spot for Tang sword design. Might you have gotten it from Zhengwutang?

Tang style sword looks very similar to Japanese Katana. So was much of Japanese culture emulation of Tang dynasty culture???

Katana is a shorter and curved version of the Tang styled Sword 唐大刀, or sometimes 吳刀. The early straight sword styles are now called 切刃造(きりはづくり，Kirihadukuri).

though some believe the term 吳鉤 (Wu Gou) is proof that China was the first to featured curved blade since it means hook of Wu. But unfortunately, Gou is possibly just to represent the way 刀 Sword is pronounced in the Wu area.

Do you mean to introduce curved blades to Japan, or in general?

I think most sources say Mongols, centrail asian nomads were the first to use curved sabers

The Emishi used curved swords before the Yamato/Wa peoples. The Emishi are credited with the most direct influence in the curving of the once-straight Wa/Yamato swords. This was an early example of what Professor William Wayne Farris calls "Counter-response and symmetry", which can be seen in the importation of Korean horses and later firearms, to name a couple.

It's not inconceivable that the Emishi developed the curved swords independantly of the Chinese in my mind. However, this isn't the proper thread, so I have to stop.