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mozig

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Any better or just as good place to get Chinese dao than lkchen for the price and quality?
 
Welcome to BF!

I'd look through the Kult of Athena website. A search for "Dao" brought up 44 results, many of which were not from LK Chen. No clue as to which ones are best but I'll bet you can find reviews elsewhere online.

You could also lookup a youtuber named Matt Easton. His channel is Scholagladiatoria which has numerous videos re daos, both historical and modern production. You might draw inspiration from there.

Good luck in your search.
 
mozig said:
Any better or just as good place to get Chinese dao than lkchen for the price and quality?
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Definitely check out Matt Easton. Also contact Scott Rodell of the Great River Taoist Center (grtc.org) and start a conversation with him. He can also help if you are interested in a vintage original (most likely a 19th c.) dao. Also, learn about the variety of daos out there. The so-called "Chinese broadsword" which often goes but the general term "dao" is only one style, mostly civilian, from the 18th to 20th centuries, called the nieu-wei dao, or "oxtail saber". Others, more military and often earlier, are the liuyedao ("willow leaf saber") and the yanmaodao ("goose quill saber").

Scott is a terrific instructor and now has a distance learning program for how to handle a sword in various historical Chinese traditions.

Again, like your quest for a Greek sword, I ask what are your goals for owning the sword. It will help guide your search.
 
The Zieg said:
Definitely check out Matt Easton. Also contact Scott Rodell of the Great River Taoist Center (grtc.org) and start a conversation with him. He can also help if you are interested in a vintage original (most likely a 19th c.) dao. Also, learn about the variety of daos out there. The so-called "Chinese broadsword" which often goes but the general term "dao" is only one style, mostly civilian, from the 18th to 20th centuries, called the nieu-wei dao, or "oxtail saber". Others, more military and often earlier, are the liuyedao ("willow leaf saber") and the yanmaodao ("goose quill saber").

Scott is a terrific instructor and now has a distance learning program for how to handle a sword in various historical Chinese traditions.

Again, like your quest for a Greek sword, I ask what are your goals for owning the sword. It will help guide your search.
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My goal is as historically accurate as possible while still being functional
 
mozig said:
My goal is as historically accurate as possible while still being functional
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Sorry for late reply. Holidays intervened. If you're game, I'm interested in a more specific answer than this. Are you going to hang it on a wall and admire it? Are you going to cut mats or meat? Are you going to study and perform forms from traditional Chinese martial arts? Are you going to wear it with traditional costume? Do you need it to have a scabbard? All these points will help guide your search and will help folks here give you better advice.

Whatever you end up with, we'd love to see it and know what you like about it. Maybe write us a review?
 
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