Jiu Huan Dao

Additionally, its incorporated 9 rings offer unique advantages in weapon control, parrying damage to an opponent’s blade, and as a means of distraction through noise, or visually if colorful tassels are attached to the rings.

Equipped with a folded steel blade, which is a hammer-welded mixture of 1095 & 1060 high carbon steel, manganese spring steel, 1045 soft steel and many more smaller portions of other steels. This mixture is then folded multiple times to remove impurities, creating many hundreds of individual steel layers, finally producing arguably the best blade-making steel available.

The process and technique is renowned for smithing the finest combat blades, assuredly forming a very lethal foundational core to this Chinese Guandao weapon. 

Completed with a practical, genuine leather scabbard, premium-quality copper sword-fittings, and a hardwood, wrapped with quality-cord handle, forming a traditional, practical and effective war sword hand-grip.

This nine ring sword is sharp and deadly, and is executed with superb craftsmanship. It’s highly collectable, a treasure to own and a formidable pole weapon to use.

Key Features:

• Folded sword blade – tough & hard, razor sharp cutting edge, along with renowned natural blade elasticity & excellent resilience.
• Sacred & decorative sword – pure copper inlaid blade spine, and hand carved pure copper fittings. 
• Extra long handle sword – generates huge power, and unhindered weapon manoeuvring.
• Single edge sword blade – primary cutting edge, with full structural strength spine. 
• Unique 9 ring sword – shifting center of gravity & passive secondary weapon.
• Battle ready and a deadly Podao Chinese polearm weapon. 
• Genuine leather scabbard included. 

Jiu Huan Dao Specifications:

• Overall length: 150cm.
• Handle length: 76cm.
• Blade length: 72cm.
• Blade width: 9.5cm. 
• Blade material: Folded steel sword blade + pure copper in-laid into the spine. 
• Hardening process: Heat treated & quenched.
• Hardness: 59HRC.
• Handle material: Rosewood, wrapped with black waxed-cord. 
• Sword ring & fittings material: Pure-copper, engraved. 
• Fuller sword: Double blood-grooves on both sides of the blade. 
• Weight: 4kg (including scabbard weight).
• Theme: Autumn.
• Scabbard material: Genuine leather scabbard. 
• Included: Certificate of authenticity.
• Item: Long handled Chinese broadsword.