sword, Tanto, Twin Daggers...anyone familiar with these?

[riverdive]

I just purchased these 3, I think beauties. I just do not know where they are from. The twin daggers are looking very old and have a unique design. It has, I am guessing brass plugs place throughout the blade. The scabbard is ray skin. the other 2 are well made. The blade on the kinda Tanto style is not quality, so probably ceremonial, but the scabbard and handle are well made. The eagle handle sword is really nice and sharp.

Any help identifying would be greatly appreciated, because I have no clue and cannot find anything similar.

Thank you!

http://s1279.photobucket.com/user/riverdive/library/Asian blades

 

[gadunz]

 

[John A. Larsen]

The double dagger in the center looks Chinese, bottom one maybe also Chinese of Tibetan. Top one maybe Philippines or Indonesia? John

 

[riverdive]

Thanks John, You are right, I have since found the name of the double daggers, belowis an experts explanation of these.

This is a pair of jians dating to the late 19th century. Notice that this style of swords is quite distinct on a number of levels. Rather than being fit into a simple leather scabbard with a single opening, these swords each rest in their own specially carved compartment. As a result the blades are not flat-ground on one side (as is the case with true hudiedao) and instead have the normal diamond shaped profile. These sorts of double swords are more common in the northern Chinese martial arts and also became popular in the late 19th and early 20th century. They are usually called Shuang Jain (or Shuang Dao for a single edged blade), literally “double swords.

 

[Timo Nieminen]

The double dagger in the center looks Chinese, bottom one maybe also Chinese of Tibetan. Top one maybe Philippines or Indonesia? John

Top one is Indonesian. Call it a golok.

Middle, certainly Chinese. These twin jian are very small; about 16" blades is the more usual size of the short ones, and these look much smaller. The "7 stars" brass dots (symbolising the Big Dipper) are common on jian.

The bottom one looks Tibetan or Bhutanese, but isn't one of the more common styles. Might be Chinese, as you suggest.

 

[J W Bensinger]

Indo, China and Tibet or Bhutan. Nice blades.