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it was only japanese import.
biggest part of kongxia money was maked by this import with help of Wokou.
btw. kongxia =/= ming.
>1) A genuine Qing Dynasty zhanmadao , custom-forged and equipped with high-end fittings.
was developed from mongol and central asian sabres. (mongolian idea)
>I think it's plausible that the Ming were capable of producing these swords to outfit one of their armies.
not specialy this Tachi sword.
japanese rebuilded and rearmed their armies in those time and to sell this sword (he was replaced by cheaper in production naginata and katana) was very nice idea to make extra money with old design weapons.
it was some chinese replicas but wich were completly failed in a fight with kavalery because chinese didnt know all parte of production of this sword. so they created something new with same blade design but with different prouction art and handle.
biggest part of kongxia money was maked by this import with help of Wokou.
btw. kongxia =/= ming.
>1) A genuine Qing Dynasty zhanmadao , custom-forged and equipped with high-end fittings.
was developed from mongol and central asian sabres. (mongolian idea)
>I think it's plausible that the Ming were capable of producing these swords to outfit one of their armies.
not specialy this Tachi sword.
japanese rebuilded and rearmed their armies in those time and to sell this sword (he was replaced by cheaper in production naginata and katana) was very nice idea to make extra money with old design weapons.
it was some chinese replicas but wich were completly failed in a fight with kavalery because chinese didnt know all parte of production of this sword. so they created something new with same blade design but with different prouction art and handle.
saying that Changdao were never made in Ming, but were old swords being phased out in Japan and sold to China.
Though the guy seems to be talking about Kongxia, I guess he is saying that Ming never used such a sword :/
I believe Thomas Chen's site over this one anonymous poster, but where could I find more info about the use of changdao in Ming?
I've also never heard of the practice of Japan selling old swords to the mainland. I know there were mainland collectors of Japanese swords, but that's for private collections, not outfitting armies.
