Let's Check Out the LK Chen - Yuan Mongolian Saber!!!

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In this video, we take a look at the LK Chen Yuan Mongolian Saber based on an existing sword from the days of the Mongolian Empire and Kublai Khan. This sword is an extremely fast and fierce sword and I cannot recommend it enough!
Quick Facts about Mongol Empire: web.archive.org/web/201106080...
Mongol Military and Battle Information: www.britannica.com/place/Mong...
Kublai and Yuan Dynasty: asiasociety.org/education/mon...
We didn’t even mention this! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kheshig
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• How the Mongol Empire ...
• Mongol Army - Tactics,...
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0:00 Introduction
0:26 Yuan Dynasty History
2:12 Mongolian Saber Design Influences
3:13 LK Chen Yuan Dao
5:32 Mongolian Warriors
6:27 Long Curvy Swords
7:07 Just How Good is This Sword?
7:50 Notes on Test Cutting
9:04 Cutting with the Yuan Saber
9:22 What Grinds My Gears
10:47 Final Thoughts
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[@dlatrexswords]

Awesome sword and awesome review Sifu! Thanks for bringing some much needed love to the oft-neglected Mongol sabre. They really are quite awesome and hopefully this offering from LkChen will bring them more into the mainstream.

[@SifuKuttel]

Thanks so much, and thank you also for all the help!!! I'm looking forward to seeing your review and maybe even a deep dive into curvy swords?

[@codyschuppert4984]

One thing I love about the mongols is how they took little bits and pieces of culture from everywhere they went. They were very open too new ideas and they arrogant enough to assume that only they had the right ideas.

[@jamesm1]

Very well said about the lack of media showing these!

[@Neverdyingpride]

as a mongolian lemme give you some info about mongolian saber, mongolian saber was perfect for warriors when the blade was the same length of its owners hand and thickness of the most wide area of its warriors 3 finger wide, the bottom part or the pommel had the symbol of the clan or the shape of the clans animal head, the hand guard had continuous reverse swastika’s engraved, the wood for the handle was made from a very hard wooden bush from todays bulgan province

[@danielvo4754]

This is an awesome review of the saber. I love your wrist flicks while doing some light demonstrations. I can tell that the saber can cut and slash effectively.

[@jufu925]

Btw this sword design was utilised by cavalry throughout the Ming dynasty too alongside the stereotypical Ming dynasty dao types

[@GreaterAfghanistanMovement]

That saber looks a lot like a early proto-sabers found in the steppes from the Wikipedia drawing. I think the Mongols used something close to the Dao in the second part of the video, there is even some Yuan era Mongol sabers found resembling it in the Genghis Khan museum.

[@evanmorris1178]

Thanks for the excellent and well balanced discussion, as well as the review.

[@kaiserkuo]

I have this same saber made by Art of Iron and Fire with different fittings but the same blade geometry. I love it immoderately. The false edge didn’t come sharpened but I remedied that! I love that the curve is gentle enough that it works equally well for thrusts. Terrific video! Thanks!

[@SifuKuttel]

I'm so glad you liked the video! It is such a well designed sword, surpassing all my expectations. Now that you mentioned it, I can't believe I forgot to say anything about the thrusting with this sword, and just like you said, it works really well!

[@the.wandering.warrior]

Looks good, I've been eyeing this myself - thanks for sharing it on KZbin!

[@user-gc4em2lv9m]

Wonderful video! Thanks so much!!

[@jakewolf079]

Incredible review, your form is beautiful.

[@SifuKuttel]

Thank you so much!!!

[@Viktor_Johansson]

Great video. I also have this by LK and I really like it. Mine feels like a robust and stiff war blade but not too cumbersome or slow. It's a bit of a slugger though similar to the Song dao or the Wo Yao dao. It's really pretty and well made but I think they could use a more interesting material for the grip, some darker reddish brown would look cool with the black fittings for instance. I would also like to see more Mongolian and early Turkic swords being made. Perhaps there are not many historical examples left to look at?

[@SifuKuttel]

I agree, on all points!

[@ArfooHuroo]

I love the george washington with an AR analogy

[@SifuKuttel]

😅

[@kenadrian27]

Regarding ghost of tsushima, I'm Japanese so the use of katanas over Tachi bothers me as well

[@Kirinoji]

Hey man, i'm coming from your Three-Section-Staff videos and i've been meaning to ask if you could recreate Toji vs Dagon scene from Jujutsu Kaisen (of course not everything would be the same, but if you could adapt a coreography), it's a very popular anime i think it would be cool to watch! Thanks! Great Video

[@elliotwright5561]

Ooooooooo… looks fancy. I’d like to get me one of those.

[@MrAllmightyCornholioz]

TENGRI BLESS THIS SABER

[@GoshinJutsuNL]

❤merci Sifu 😊

[@huntergallatin6758]

Gosh darnnit really twisting my arm on this one huh? BTW what bracelet are you wearing?

[@SifuKuttel]

It's pretty compelling 😅 Oh, and it is Buddhist wooden bead bracelet, it was a gift so I don't have a link, but they can be found online.

[@mccormyke]

The Chinese were unable to fight their mongol overlords so the Chinese turned their Mongol overlords into Chinese overlords

[@tanegurnick5071]

There is a podcast series by dan carlin called wrath of the khans. It is nearly as beautifully made as this here sword

[@SifuKuttel]

Awesome! I'll be checking it out!!!

[@zzhex6780]

Turco-mongol sabre*

[@ektran4205]

it looks like a katana

[@SifuKuttel]

There are some similarities in the blade curvature and profile!

[@afd1040]

I wouldn't mind having it if you don't like the sword :P

[@burgerlee5831]

One thing needs to be clear, Mongolian = Chinese, Han = Chinese, Mongolian ≠ Han, Yuan dynasty = 13 - 14th China, the first time full Han region has been ruled by minority. Kublai named Yuan and means that he recognized himself a Chinese, "the son of heaven" aka the true emperor of China! ( the country Outer Mongolia was part of China but got independence by Rusian’s help)

[@GreaterAfghanistanMovement]

Kublai never saw himself as Chinese but a Mongol. The Mongols were often prideful and tribal people who looked down on the local Han population and even prevented mixing with them.

[@GermanSausagesAreTheWurst]

How far back does the false edge go? It's hard to tell from video and pics because of reflections.

[@SifuKuttel]

30cm on my sword which is very close to what’s advertised on their site, and proportionately 1/3 of the blade length.

[@GermanSausagesAreTheWurst]

@@SifuKuttel Nice. Some of the other smiths have swords called Moroha zukuri that has a similar profile, but I think they make false edge a bit too long. Some of them are like half of the length. LK really pays attention to detail.