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Combat Steel Broadsword
With Chinese weaponry, commercial swords have tended toward two extremes: the very light and flexible for performance and ease, or the very heavy and unwieldy for training. Neither of these extremes is very realistic as a weapon or very close to the armaments of old. Searching for a sword of more traditional parameters, Sifu Wing Lam finally came up with a solution that will be very pleasing to traditional martial artists. He has commissioned the sword forges in China to create broadswords specifically to fulfill this purpose, and the result is very impressive. The pommel and guard are made of sturdy brass an eighth of an inch thick, providing the weight that the handle needs in order to balance the weapon. The blade is made of high-carbon steel (commonly called “combat steel”), which is the very best material for making sword blades because of its strength and medium weight. It possesses the flexibility to bend several inches and return straight, but the tip is so sturdy that you will want to test its might against the shipping box it came in! The blade starts with a pentagonal cross-section at its base – where the spine of the weapon is thickest – and eventually becomes a diamond cross-section about halfway up the blade, where it becomes thinner for a more acute edge and tip. The weapon ships with a millimeter edge for safety but it is thin enough to easily sharpen for cutting. This sword is simply the best traditional broadsword commercially available. Comes with scabbard. 29" Blade: 36 3/4” overall length; 29" balance point (from guard); 2 1/8 lbs 27 3/4" Blade: 35 1/2” overall length; 27 3/4" balance point (from guard); 2 lbs
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