White dragon
Mar 19 2007, 09:46 AM
How did the jian and dao develope thru ages? What material, form of blade, pomel and forging technic were used thru time? Is there a book or page wich has like a timeline of develoment? I need this information because i want to make 1:1 scale wooden models (if someone has some technical drawing, blueprints with messurment or anything that can help me pleas post)
Yun
Mar 19 2007, 12:56 PM
Have a look at Thomas Chen's website, which is probably the most useful online reference on historical Chinese swords:
http://thomaschen.freewebspace.com/index.html
Thomas Chen
Mar 20 2007, 10:38 AM
White dragon
Mar 23 2007, 04:14 PM
Thanx, thats what i was looking for.