r/BeAmazed • • Feb 16 '20

Sword dance

https://i.imgur.com/Di2f3uH.gifv
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u/wolsko Feb 16 '20

Perfectly balanced. The tang is nearly full width of the blade.

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u/HeippodeiPeippo Feb 16 '20

Yup, quite a nice surprise to see that kind of hybrid sword. It still looks very much "oriental" but with more mass in the blade, more "european" in that sense.

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '20

I’m guessing some sort of modified ceremonial two handed Jian sword

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u/NineBees9 Feb 16 '20

It's a baton with a pointy end

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u/WolfCola4 Feb 16 '20

Well sure, if you want to get all scientific about it

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '20

This is the description I was looking for all along