Chinese JIAN

The blade is made of folded steel, folding grains are clearly visible. The fittings are brass and hand-carved. The scarbbard is made of ebony, the color and veins are natural.

The Jian is a Chinese double-edged straight sword. The earliest records of a jian dates back to the 7th century BCE. The first jians were mostly made of bronze and then progressed to iron and then steel with advances in metallurgy. The jian's form varied slightly during the different dynasties in China but with the main feature of being double-edged and straight retained.
This product is a beautiful reproduction of the sword in the Han dynasty (B.C 202-A.D 220). The blade is made of folded steel and octahedral, folding grains are clearly visible. The handle is designed to be held by one hand and is made of hardwood wrapped in black waxed cotton cord and black nylon cord. The handle ends in a flat, han-carved iron pommel. The handguard is iron and hand-carved, it uses oxscull, oxscull symbolizes prodigious strength and valor. The ornaments in the scabbard are also made of iron, hand-carved. The scabbard is made of ebony, a type of high-density wood with beautiful vein.
The sword is functional, it’s an artwork for collection.

The Jian is a Chinese double-edged straight sword. The earliest records of a jian dates back to the 7th century BCE. The first jians were mostly made of bronze and then progressed to iron and then steel with advances in metallurgy. The jian's form varied slightly during the different dynasties in China but with the main feature of being double-edged and straight retained.

This product is a beautiful reproduction of the sword in the Han dynasty (B.C 202-A.D 220). The blade is made of folded steel and octahedral, folding grains are clearly visible. The handle is designed to be held by one hand and is made of hardwood wrapped in black and brown nylon cord. The wrap method is typical on Han Jian. The handle ends in a flat, brass pommel. The fittings including pommel, handguard and ornaments in the scabbard are all made of brass and handmade relief sculpture. The motif on the fittings includes city wall, dragon and phenix. The sword name “An Bang”means to "To stablize the country" in Chinese. The scabbard is made of ebony, a type of high-density wood with beautiful vein.

The sword is functional, it’s an artworkfor collection.

The blade is made of folded steel, hand-forged.The handle and scabbard are made of ebony, the wood color and veins are natural. The fittings are made of brass and hand-carved. The fittings are four holy animals, they're the combination of Chines fairy tales and astronomy. Four holy animals are mythological creatures in the Chinese constellations. They are the Azure Dragon(Qing Long) of the East, the Vermilion Bird(Zhu Que) of the South, the White Tiger(Bai Hu) of the West, and the Black Turtle(Xuan Wu) of the North. In ancient China, the asterism in the east looked like a dragon, it looked like a bird in the south, it looked like a tiger in the west, it looked like a combination of a snake and a turble in the north. As the earth revolves around the sun, the seaon changes and the asterism changes, so each holy anmial represents a direction and a season.

The blade is made of folded steel, there're two big blood grooves running on each side of the blade. The fittings are made of brass, hand-carved with flower patterns. The handle and scarbbard are made of ebony.

The blade is made of folded steel, it's full tang and hand-forged. The fittings are made of brass and hand-engraved. The patterns are bats and ancient Chinese coins. Bats are the symbol of felicity, coins are the symbol of richness. The handle and scabbard are made of ebony.

The blade is made of folded steel, it's full tang and hand-forged. The folding grains are clearly visible. The fittings are made of brass and hand-engraved. The patterns are grass and flower. The handle and scabbard are made of ebony.

The blade is made of folded steel and full tang, folding grains of the steel is clearly visible. The scabbard and handle are made of ebony, the color and veins are natural. The fittings are made of copper and hand-carved. Dragon is sacred creature in Chinese culture, dragon is the symbol of power and good luck.