HOME - Click above graphic to return to Phil Tom's Home Page			PHIL TOM ANTIQUE SWORD RESTORATION YanMaoDao (Goose-Quill Saber), Qing Dynasty, 18th Century. Of qiangang construction, the central high-carbon edge plate inserted between plates of slightly less hardness, the whole then inserted into a body of pattern-welded steel. The blade forged and ground so that the the edge plates show a serrated contour.

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