Chinese war sword.

Hilarious comedy element salesman does absolutely nothing to mitigate how terrifying this thing is. Oh and, mind your toes.

 

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PQiaurIiDM"]YouTube - Chinese War Sword : Cold Steel Swords[/ame]

 

That company would come across as so much more reliable and less "flea market sword" if they'd just use demo guys who even looked like they had some idea how to cut.

 

I wouldn't be too definitive about that lardy :hat:

 

That's actually a really nice looking dadao, but you're right, the fact that all their videos have some salad dodger swinging their swords like a buffoon instead of someone with some finesse doesn't exactly make you want to part with cash

 

The only thing I've bought from Coldsteel was some rubber training knives & they are very nice quality. They sent out some demo DVDs with this guy on, the pepper spray one is hilarious!

 

Isn't that the same style of sword the Shaolin monks use?

 

I want one. [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YW8nckzt-Bc&feature=player_embedded"]YouTube - Butterfly Swords : Cold Steel[/ame]

 

The dadao was more of a peasant weapon.

Butterfly swords? Those are bull's ear swords. Very nice though.

 

Really they're "southern knives", various styles refer to them as butterfly knives, bamboo leaf knives, elbow knives etc. In fact, while some importers label them as bull's ear swords, I've never known them referred to as this in a style.

 

Is this guy talking about swords or... ahem... "swords?" :thinking: I think I found my new nick name. :banana:

 

I've always been led to believe that the style where the back of the blade lines up with the handle are butterfly swords, and the style where the handle is central to the blade are bull's ear swords and are for a completely different form?

But saying that, I did read an article online about the evolution of the butterfly sword that should both variants. I remember it said that to be an effective thrusting weapon the handle should be in line with the stabbing tip *looks at cold steel offering*... oh dear.

Lol, two handed chinese war sword. Excellent name. For it is a mighty chopper

 

This is one of those things that while true, is beside the point. Yes, if the handle is aligned with the tip it will allow for a nice straight extended thrust, BUT it will be less effective for chopping and slashing. As dao are primarily chopping and slashing weapons, this would be a problem, certainly more of a problem than a sub-optimal thrusting alignment, as the blade length means that you can thrust pretty effectively regardless of the handle, and the nature of the weapon means that fully extended thrusts would be very uncommon in a real fight.

 

Those people at Cold Steel go through allot of pigs.

 

I know which I prefer to train with lol! The bull's ear style are a pig to flip if you don't have hands like dinner plates!