Posts: 1,504 Location: Brisbane, Australia
Fri 21 Aug, 2009 10:29 pm
Here is the current newest sword, a Chinese longsword, a Zhisword long jian.
Overall length: 132 cm
Blade: 94 cm, from bottom end of handle, where guard starts to flare out
Handle, 28 cm total, wooden part of grip is 16 cm
Weight: 1350 g
POB: 21 cm from end of handle
Distal taper: approx 9mm to 5mm
Fittings are brass, pommel is hollow, end of tang is threaded, with one large nut securing the handle, and a small one for the pommel.
It's point-heavy, and lightweight for its size. 100 g of extra weight in the pommel would bring the POB back about 5cm, 150g about 8cm, and then it would be closer to a typical "good" longsword. Easy to do with a bit of lead, but I don't know if I will yet.
And as an added extra, a ke/ge Chinese "halberd".
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