In ancient warfare, the configuration of individual weapons from sword to knife was the embodiment of the development of advanced technology in metal smelting. The "knife" is a weapon known for its majestic, heroic and fierce tiger-like style, and the lethality of the knife can be described as very powerful.
Ring head knife
During the Han Dynasty, it was a straight-edged long knife made of steel after repeated folding, forging and quenching, which was the most advanced and most lethal close-up cold weapon in the world at that time, and it was also a weapon of extraordinary significance in human history. To some extent, it can be said that Huan Shou Dao defeated the Xiongnu and contributed to the Xiongnu's division and westward migration.
Horizontal knife (Tang knife)
A style of Tang dynasty sword, mainly a soldier saber of the Sui and Tang dynasties in China. It was one of the standard equipment used as the main army of the Tang Dynasty. The knife type is inherited from the Han ring head knife, and most military horizontal knives in the early Tang Dynasty retained the ring head. Modern restorations are mostly straight and narrow blades, mostly without the ring head. The horizontal knife is mostly 60~80 cm, and the narrow blade body has good power.
Yi Dao (Tang Dao)
The Wei and Jin dynasties were called the imperial saber and the Ming dynasty was the imperial sabre, which was the predecessor of the Miao Dao. Its battlefield combat appeared in the Ming Dynasty. The famous general Qi Jiguang and folk martial artists combined Japanese sword skills to pass on to his subordinates, killing enemies and causing results, cutting off the banner, relying on the sword technique, and threatening Huaxia. Charge, it is both a knife and a gun. Tang Yi sword is one of the four systems of sabers, Gaiguban sword and the like, the Jin and Song dynasties have come to call the imperial sword, and the Later Wei long knife, all apply dragon and phoenix rings. To Sui, it is called the ceremonial knife, loaded with gold and silver, and held by Yuyi.
Barrier knife (Tang knife)
One of the four systems of the Tang Dao, the name is derived from its use, Tang Liudian: cover with a barrier to ward off the enemy.
Among the four systems of Tang Dao, the obstruction knife is the most controversial! One view: similar to the dagger or the waki in a Japanese sword, the shape is similar, but it is lighter and more flexible, and convenient for hand-to-hand combat. When the horizontal knife or the sword in the soldier's hand is inconvenient to use because of the close fit, the barrier knife becomes a close dominant weapon, so the cover uses the barrier body (barrier knife + body) to ward off the enemy, because the short whole person and the knife are facing the enemy. The handicapped, the hidden. Length about 15cm~50cm.
Mo Dao (Tang Dao)
A type of long-handled knife of the Tang Dynasty. It became popular between the time and the beginning of the new century. At the beginning, the Mo knife was used to fight against the Turkic cavalry, and later it was popular in various armies to deal with the Tang "Four Yi" who was dominated by cavalry. After the Tang Dynasty, there are few traces of Mo Dao in historical records, because Mo Dao is not allowed to be buried, so no Mo Dao has been unearthed today, and all the Mo Dao restoration drawings on the Internet are conjectures of posterity.
Park knife
Also known as a spreading knife, commonly known as a two-handed belt, it is a weapon with a long and wide steel knife on a wooden handle, between a large knife and a single knife. When using, hold the handle of the knife in both hands, and use the weight of the blade and the knife itself to slash the enemy, as if using a large knife; It began to be widely used around the end of the Qing Dynasty. During the Taiping Rebellion, many people in the Taiping Army used Pu Dao, also known as "Taiping Dao".
Chopper knife
The famous foot combat knife of the Song Dynasty evolved from the Mo knife of the Tang Dynasty.
War knives
A long knife with a slightly curved blade for stabbing is also known as a sabre.
Qi family knife
The waist knife book shows a narrow and curved blade, but from the shape point of view, it is closer to the Yuan-style lancet described above.
The types of knives mentioned above are all soldiers' weapons, and they are recorded in historical records. In fact, there are many types of knives, such as short knives, goose knives, large ring knives, tiger tooth knives, butterfly double knives, nine-ring knives, machetes, mother-sub knives, cloud head knives, wind breaking knives, maza knives, cutting knives, goose wing knives, and there are countless of them.