High manganese steel baked gold two-handed Kangxi combat knives

Description

Two-handed Kangxi combat knives generally refer to Kangxi imperial combat knives. The following is a brief introduction from the historical background, appearance, technology and significance:

Historical origin: Kangxi’s combat knife is the imperial combat knife of Xuanye, the holy ancestor of Qing Dynasty, and it is a powerful testimony of his brilliant achievements. In the thirty-fifth year of Kangxi (AD 1696), Emperor Kangxi made a triumphant expedition to galdan in Junggar. When he returned to Beijing, he passed Guihua City and left this Dao in Chongfu Temple in Yu Jiancheng as a souvenir.

appearance design

Size: The length is slightly different in different records, including the statement that the total length is 130 cm and the blade length is 65 cm, as well as the data that the total length is 118 cm and the blade length is 86 cm, and the total length is 119 cm and the blade length is 73.7 cm.

Blade body: The blade body is mostly steel curved long blade, with a slightly curved straight back, a wide blade, a widened blade, a flat anticline blade, a domineering groove near the back, a well-preserved plane golden dragon swallow and flame pattern on the blade body, and a continuous golden scroll grass pattern from the swallow mouth to the tip of the blade.
Handle: mostly all-metal design, with a separate gorgeous and exquisite design. The cylindrical handle has a long proportion, which is suitable for holding with both hands. There are dragon carvings on it, as well as embossed dragon auspicious clouds flower patterns, and three golden hoops of Xinghe are used to praise the carved patterns.

Sheath: It is usually made of shark skin or mackerel skin. The upper and lower parts of the scabbard, the middle part of the scabbard, the upper and lower parts of the handle are all made of iron and engraved with branches.

Manufacturing technology: the patterned steel is mostly forged by hand, and after dozens of manual processes such as blank beating, hot forging, shoveling, filing, grinding, heat treatment (quenching, tempering), initial repair, fine repair, etc., and then after fourteen manual grinding processes, the blade pattern is fine and the blade has ultra-high hardness.

Cultural value: As the imperial combat knife of Emperor Kangxi, it is not only a weapon, but also a symbol of the royal majesty and military achievements in the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty. It witnessed the feat of Emperor Kangxi’s conquest of galdan, and it is a powerful evidence for defending the reunification of the motherland and opposing ethnic division in ancient China, with high historical value and collection value.