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Subject:Unknown Item
Posted By: heidi Wed, Jul 18, 2012 IP: 76.219.196.130

This is unknown to me. It weighs 3-4 pounds, the point is blunt, has 6 sided steel rod which appears to be hand forged, and the handle is dragon shaped & solid brass. Much too heavy to use as a weapon and not easily manuevered around with the hand due to the weight.
Appears to be very old, but has been cleaned.







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Subject:Re: Unknown Item
Posted By: adam Thu, Jul 19, 2012

Cant give you a definate answer...
Couple of points though, Think the brass and iron components are a later marriage..
So probably converted from one thing to another..
Maybe the brass component was originally a cane top,certainly appears to have a hole for a wrist thong. That suggest an active use to me.
Appears to have been later converted to a poker..(for fires)Looks about 100-150 years old by my guess..

Subject:Re: Unknown Item
Posted By: Anthony J Allen Fri, Jul 20, 2012

Hi Heidi,
Some years ago, in the back streets of Guangzhou, I was taken to a dealer's house that had the walls of one room covered in a range of old Chinese weopons, some which were designed to be wielded from horseback.
This looks to similar to one of them. However, I am by no means certain, and must leave it to you to explore the possibility further.
Regards
Tony

Subject:Re: Unknown Item
Posted By: heidi Sat, Jul 21, 2012

OMG !!!
This makes so much sense to me, and just feels right. Especially envisioning riding a horse and wielding this!
Thank you & everyone in this forum for being so freely generous with your knowledge.
All the best,
heidi jo bean
aka killerbean

Subject:Re: Unknown Item
Posted By: heidi Fri, Jul 20, 2012

thank you so much for taking the time. The owner responded with this: "Thanks for the info. I still think it is too well made and too heavy to use as a POKER.
There is just too much work into this thing to be used for something like that.There is heavy rust in the mouth area of the dragon where this rod has rested for many years, this area was not cleaned like the rest of the item because they couldn't get into the small areas to clean it."

Subject:Re: Unknown Item
Posted By: heidi Fri, Jul 20, 2012

owner thought it may be a sharpening rod for swords?







Subject:Re: Unknown Item
Posted By: Anthony J Allen Sat, Jul 21, 2012

Hi Heidi,
There are similar looking weapons (presumably newly made) being sold out of China as Tibetan meteor hammers.
I would guess yours is related, but how old it is I have no idea.
Regards
Tony

URL Title :Meteor Hammer


Subject:Re: Unknown Item
Posted By: heidi Sun, Jul 22, 2012

I think I found it... A Chinese Sword or BAR MACE.
Here: http://www.ashokaarts.com/shop/chinese-sword-or-bar-mace-complete-with-original-leather-sheath

Thank you Tony!!!




URL Title :Chinese


Subject:Re: Unknown Item
Posted By: Jordan Sun, Jan 06, 2013

It's a Chinese sword breaker



Subject:Re: Unknown Item
Posted By: Terry Sun, Jan 19, 2014

I am not sure if you are still inquiring about this weapon or not, but it resembles a symbolic weapon used in ancient China. These symbols include public figures who oftentimes have something to do with the idea(s) of rules & order. I'm not sure how to translate the name but the weapon I'm thinking of has notches down the shaft. Perfect examples of this weapon can be seen in the movie Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (used by Michelle Yeoh in the long fight scene, see image attached) and another movie called Detective Dee (used by Andy Lau, see image attached) Hope this shed some light onto your mystery weapon. I'm also happy to tell you more about the symbolism that I know if you do not already know and would like more information. Best wishes on your search. ~TG





Subject:Re: Unknown Item
Posted By: Lois Sat, Feb 24, 2018

Hello,
Want to buy this sword,how can I contact you?
This is my E-mail:[email protected]

Subject:Re: Unknown Item
Posted By: Heidi Jo Bean Sun, Feb 25, 2018

Hi Lois,
I sold it already to a guy overseas right after posting this, a few years back.
I received $750 for it.
Sorry,
Heidi

Subject:Re: Unknown Item
Posted By: Lois Thu, Mar 08, 2018

Do you have a Chinese arm or a Armor Helmet and something else?
Please give me your email address.

Subject:Re: Unknown Item
Posted By: Heidi Jo Bean Thu, Mar 08, 2018

[email protected]


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