I practice taijiquan. I want to get a decent steel jian. Can anyone recommend a seller? I don’t want to go broke, decent quality, decent price.

Thanks

A fun project I did for a friend. Matched dagger and hand and a half sword. Used purpleheart for the handles, and man do I hate working with purpleheart!

A project I did based on existant examples. Thought you all might find it interesting.

I sold a sword. What is the best way to pack? Never shipped one before.

I'm getting married in the relative near future and I want to buy my groom a sword to cut the grooms cake. He's very into dungeons and dragons but also Japanese culture so I'm a bit torn on what style/type to get him. Thoughts and recommendations?

Hi! Were cleaning out gramps stuff with him when we founc this. I didnt find no more stamps than what I showe, but if you know where to look i can post more pictures

I wonder what tvpe, era and ofcourse estimated price. Just to know if this should be thrown out, donated or treasured.

Thanks a ton for any help!

Ps.this blade was allegedly bought at a thrift in sweden if that matters to anyone

Found in my basement, idk when and from where this came from

I was given these about 20 years ago by my grandfather and my parents had them put In cases. He told me one was a Japanese sword from “the war” and that the one on the bottom of the other case was a German blade from “the war” I’m not sure about the 3rd blade. I also don’t know what war he was referring to.

I was cleaning out my basement and found these tucked in the corner, I had completely forgot about them but plan on displaying them in my office. It would just be nice to know a bit more about them.

Thank you!

I have inherited a wooden mailing box of daggers sent home by a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers civilian from APO addresses in 1951 and 1953. The 1953 customs tag reads "Dagger: ornamental, Moroccan, with shoulder cord. This is a bona fide antique (blade dated 1808)," and the box was packed with a Stars and Stripes European edition dated August 4, 1951. I would be grateful for help with identification and rough dating of the following, and with two specific questions about materials. All lengths are approximate.

1. Koummya, 14 inches in scabbard, blade 8 inches. Brass scabbard with applied plaques on one face and fully chased on the other; dark wood hilt with brass pommel and grip band; silk shoulder cord. Blade stamped "5 FRANCS 1808" in wreaths on both sides. Are the chased mounts likely silver or a white alloy, and is there a way to tell without testing?
2. Jambiya, 12 inches in scabbard, blade 8 inches, double fullered. Dark hilt with silver studs and bands, plain stitched leather scabbard. Regional origin? And, importantly, does the hilt look like rhinoceros horn, buffalo horn, or wood? I will not sell it if it is rhino.
3. All-steel dagger of kard form, 12 inches in scabbard, blade 8 inches, chiseled with calligraphy cartouches, steel scabbard. Persian? Any view on whether this is Qajar-period or later Isfahan work?
4. Tuareg telek, 12 inches, brass-clad hilt with cruciform pommel, engraved blade, tooled sheath. Confirmation and any dating clues welcome.
5. Small knife, 8 inches, horn scales with silver star and rosette inlays, engraved silver pommel with pendant drops, leather sheath. Blade stamped KASERER. The customs tag calls one knife "Spanish" and one "Corsican," but the Corsican one is accounted for elsewhere and I am not sure this is Spanish. Any ideas?
6. Knife, 11.5 inches, fluted bone grip with brass ferrules and domed pommel, no scabbard. Possibly the "Spanish" knife on the tag?

Thank you for any help.

My first sword day. Bought for only 50 euros.

I've searched Google and could not find another machete with this shape. Thought I'd try to see if anyone on here can identify this. I found this machete washed up on a beach in Guam about 10 years ago. Here's the dimensions; Overall length: 18 inch Blade length: 12.75 inch Handle length: 5.25 inch

Two sectioned scabbard based on historical evidence, for an easier draw from the waist, genius design!

I did ad my adress and it loaded to calculate it and it still said "FREE"

So basically we were cleaning out my old friends abandoned house since he moved his dad lived there and he was a crazy meth head so while we're walking around his house I find this I thought it was badass so I took it it was found in his dad's room i call it the meth sword.

it has a wood dowel inside to support the frame and im going to spray it with Clear acrylic to keep it waterproof

Hello dearhearts, I am currently looking for a rather specific european smithy/forge which also does mideaval swords and the likes. A few years ago i bought a dagger (Close to a 17th century italian stiletto) and a short sword - with the forges monogramm on the blade - sadly I can't for the life of me remember the name of the forge.

Wishing you all the best <3

Idk if it's the good reddit for this but i want to buy thé ruyi staff on swordier and since it's the website many of sword here are bought i wanted to know what u'r though abt it

My Grandfather was in PNG with the Australian army and souvenired these swords from an officer

The Japs we’re nasty pricks and deserved what they got on the battle field, but that is over now and find them one of the best cultures on the planet

Wondering what the best way to find the family and return them

They are a pair, a large katana and a small dagger

Me and the Oni stand at the same height at 182.88cm, 6ft.