Forged with Damascus folded steel, which is a mixture of 1045 soft steel, 1060 high carbon steel, manganese spring steel and many more smaller portions of other steels. This mixture is then folded ten times to remove impurities, creating almost eight-thousand individual steel layers, finally producing arguably the best blade-making steel available, a technique renowned for smithing the finest combat blades.
Finished with a very hard and strong boxwood handle, and solid brass fittings – intricately illustrated with the powerful Chinese dragon, this Chinese Guandao weapon is premium quality in its entirety and primed for high-end collection.
Certainly a formidable and heavy-duty open-field weapon of war.
Key Features:
- Folded Damascus blade – unmatched razor sharp combat blade, along with renowned blade elasticity and resilience against damage.
- Extra long weapon handle – devastating open field weapon against both infantry and mounted horse combatants.
- Single edge blade – primary cutting edge with full structural strength spine.
- Powerful warrior symbology – solid brass fittings, devoted to the respected mythological Chinese dragon.
- Battle ready and a deadly Chinese Guandao weapon.
- Genuine leather scabbard included.
Kwan Dao Specifications:
- Overall length: 220cm.
- Blade length: 63cm.
- Width of blade: 7 – 14.5cm.
- Thickness of blade: 1cm.
- Blade material: Folded Damascus steel blade.
- Hardness: 58HRC.
- Handle material: Boxwood two-piece handle (hardest & strongest native wood of China).
- Fittings material: Solid brass, antiqued.
- Scabbard material: Leather.
- Included: Certificate of authenticity.
- Total weight: 5.2kg.
- Item: Chinese halberd.