Chinese Saber with a Secret- Chinese Swords & Swordsmanship Series

[@thescholar-general5975]

Very cool way to sneak a second blade into one scabbard!

[@scottm.rodellgrtc2969]

Right! Every sword should have a back up... Always great to hear from you brother.

[@dlatrexswords]

I don't think I've specifically seen this way of housing double dao. Very cool bit of kit, and i like that the profile of both blades is essentially the same; still a pair even if dissimilar.

[@scottm.rodellgrtc2969]

@@dlatrexswords this set up is quite rare. When one first popped up years ago, eBay had a surge of fakes (no surprise there). But that quickly stopped, perhaps due to the difficulty constructing them.

[@dlatrexswords]

@@scottm.rodellgrtc2969 I must have missed that particular boom: I haven’t even seen an attempt at it for this type of dao. Really neat.

[@josuesepulveda6850]

Dude you need to do more videos on your channel,you got great videos.I dont know what is happening with your low uplouds but I whant to see you doing more videos on your channel,glad that you are ok...Im a fan dont let your channel die,God bless dude.

[@HariOmRadhaKrishna]

Doble Olisi!

[@bobocacco]

Wonderful antique!! I am developing a growing appreciation for the shorter swords through your videos!!

[@mugenGRTC]

That's great, thanks for your support!

[@josenwushangkehan]

Wow... first seeing a relic Shuang Dao in different setting....

[@scottm.rodellgrtc2969]

I don't think you see another one anytime soon. I've been able to handle just 2 sets.

[@themadrazorback2019]

Amazing! Thanks for sharing! Love to hear of your travels in China!

[@scottm.rodellgrtc2969]

My pleasure, glad to hear you enjoyed it. More are coming...

[@healinglotuscenter]

Amazing! Thank you for sharing Laoshi! Always appreciate the artifacts and history, with your Chinese Sword Art/Science expertise

[@scottm.rodellgrtc2969]

My pleasure. We've got more in the works...

[@davepuxley7387]

Oh wow! That's a beautiful and really surprising piece! Thanks!

[@wrentuathadedanann6209]

That’s cool!

[@mugenGRTC]

It's it! They're fairly rare, we're quite happy to have this one to share here on our channel.

[@ShaolinLT]

Nice

[@SifuKuttel]

What a cool duan dao!!! Maybe even shuang duan dao? 😅

[@mugenGRTC]

It is, ins't it. Kinda want one now?

[@SifuKuttel]

@@mugenGRTC Sure do!

[@smrsevenstarstradingco.241]

Here are a couple of other Duandao for Comparison- kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z6qcan98hZ6gopYsi=3zWOGbkfpmNx8XSw

[@CTChineseSwordsmanship]

Another great video! If you'd like to learn from Rodell Laoshi in person, we're hosting him in Milford, CT the weekend of 9/21-22.

[@mugenGRTC]

Thanks for Organizing the Connecticut Seminars!

[@Shindai]

That's very cool. The last sword I saw with a "trick" like this was the onibasu, a short sword in the scabbard of a full length katana, to allow for deceptively fast drawing. Clever what people can do with instruments of death :3

[@mugenGRTC]

Indeed, and these, with the 2nd blade hidden, are quite rare.

[@thegompa]

Very nice. Devious and fun.

[@scottm.rodellgrtc2969]

Quite tricky isn't it?

[@DaiAndrews]

Wow, I want one!

[@mugenGRTC]

You might not be the only one!

[@LP18888]

I've been collecting American made blades for years and during my travel in Shanxi Province of China, I had the pleasure to play with some ancient Chinese swords(Qing Dynasty) They were so well balanced and for sure Chinese swords are so under appreciated compare to Japanese blades. Thanks for the great video Scott!

[@scottm.rodellgrtc2969]

American blades are also quite interesting. I like the early Revolutionary to War of 1812 period Eagle Head Sabers.

[@Ador828]

Cool

[@dlatrexswords]

I'd not have believed it had you not shown it so convincingly. What a neat dao set. Is the mouth of the primary blade off set much at all when you look at the 'full' scabbard? It looked very convincing when you brought it out initially.

[@mugenGRTC]

Quite tricky eh?

[@josuesepulveda6850]

The hidden blade in the scabbard made that sword very bad**ss,that weapon would be great in a street fight,taking an oponent by surprise with the second hidend blade.

[@mugenGRTC]

I get the feeling it surprised a few people.

[@Moodymongul]

0:26 - I was thinking, it was probably used with a shield 🙂 Carried in locations where space is an issue, i can see that. The same thing happened in Europe, with the short 'dress' sword. on a side note, are there any Chinese examples of real swords made for children? This happened a lot around the world (in richer families). Great video. And a very cool sword with 'hidden' feature ;)

[@wrentuathadedanann6209]

I wonder if they used the scabbard in a fight. Perhaps that’s how it was damaged?

[@mugenGRTC]

Always possible. Anything can happen in a fight, especially a close up brawl.

[@wisuwatbhosri9971]

Those are dual Berettas of the Qing period 😂

[@mugenGRTC]

Kinda, yeah.

[@LP18888]

Or an ancient Glock 19 with 26 as back up lol

[@outerlast]

that's an interesting twist :p i thought it's equivalent to bolo or golok, turned out they are closer to espada y daga

[@ArfooHuroo]

so it's basically the chinese version of a wakisashi

[@smrsevenstarstradingco.241]

Similar in length and weight, but no, not just a Chinese wakisashi. Duandao are carried when a full length sword isn’t called for. They are not a companion weapon, not part of set of one long one short saber.

[@leobuana7430]

​@@smrsevenstarstradingco.241 for non-samurai wakizashi is not companion piece,it's exactly the longest sword you can carry

[@tyler1768]

No the wakisashi is a copy of this early Japanese sword were pretty much copies of Korean and Chinese sword the katana wasn't really there idea first as well they

[@ArfooHuroo]

@@tyler1768 THE* early chinese* sword. Please proofread next time

[@ArfooHuroo]

@@leobuana7430 not exactly, it's just more practical for smaller spaces

[@Wastelandman7000]

Why a short sword? Another reason is piracy. If you're on a rolling heaving ship a big huge sword is more of a liability. This is why the cutlass exists.

[@Borg746]

Better than katana and wakizashi. Japanese swords and culture are overrated😅

[@Ador828]

Hidden? Or for midgits

[@LP18888]

Japanese were the real midgets, have you seen how small real samurai armor is? That second blade is still bigger than a Japanese tanto.