(notice the round flat guard)
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Hello. How come jians or double edge swords never have a round flat guard like sabers always have?
(notice the round flat guard)
(notice the round flat guard)
How can you say that was never true judging from only a few pictures?
QUOTE(Yang Zongbao @ Oct 1 2005, 01:23 PM) [snapback]4762153[/snapback]
How can you say that was never true judging from only a few pictures?
I have never ever seen a jian with that type of guard before. from movies to pictures and internet.
http://www.chinahistoryforum.com/index.php?showtopic=7379
Circular, maybe not flat.
But I actually see no actual reason for Jian not to have a guard like that.
Circular, maybe not flat.
But I actually see no actual reason for Jian not to have a guard like that.
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