It was great to work with you on this project! Looking forward to the next time we meet up!

That’s a good point at the end. One thing LK Chen’s stuff and other similar companies making authentic historical replicas has clued me in on is how much of a continuum Asian swords are on, and whether it was flow back and forth between neighboring cultures and the Chinese heartland, or design elements developing independently and moving around, there’s a lot more similarities between Asian swords no matter where they are made. Like, Kieth you mentioned Tibetan swords, and I think some indigenous Taiwanese dao and Filipino blade types have a lot of similarities with Chinese dao from various earlier dynasties, especially the Song and Tang. It’s all very educational, lol. It makes Asian swords seem more familiar and less mysterious or exotic to this Westerner to have a more diachronic and cross cultural big picture of them. Some things I’d like to see LK Chen do is a Ming Shuangshou Jian and a late Qing duan jian. I think Fire and Iron have a Qing style jian that is on the shorter side but at a higher price point.

i really love the practicality of these swords

The Qi Jia Dao was again modelled after the katana, named after general Q Ji Guang, who defeated the Japanese pirates, and adopted the katana. Qi jia means Qi family.

Here's the link to Pt.1 on the Scholar-General channel, definitely jump over there and check it out if you liked this video! LK Chen Dao Evolution: Pt.1: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mNWdZaRyubjVooU.html

Great info on the swords, nice to learn some history on the swords; especially on the Woyaodao, which is like my katana swords, I’m thinking about ordering one from Lk Chen! You told me that they both had about the same feeling,I would love training with a Woyaodao! Thank you for the video, I’m going to watch Part 1!

Couple things. 1) I agree butterfly swords & Tibetan ki-tri would be good to see. 2) I'd also like a 2-handed ox tail (cold steel sold one once calling I "bagua dao" but I have no idea if that is a proper name) 3) for those of us not well versed in Chinese history a chart showing the different dynasties & their corresponding western dates would be helpful. Could have it the end of video or maybe on screen 8n a spot where it's just background.

Just by looking I love the Woyaodao and the oxtail. The look really cool.

Tang zhan Ma Dao blows it all away

you got so many Chinese sword collection，I am envy you。。。

I bought a nui wei dao and was quite dissappointed in the finish of the blade . There were nicks on the the blade and a very poor sharpening job .im a sucker though and bought another sword from lk . Really hope its better in quality.

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Awesome video, thank you! How would you compare the handling of the Niu Wei and Wo Yao daos for the purpose of kung-fu forms? Would the Wo Yao Dao feel too forward-heavy and "clumsy"? I own the Niu Wei and despite the point of balance being fairly close to the guard, I find myself wishing it was slightly more nimble.

you was supposed to do an unbox vid with the chang dao its ok i forgive ya..the godzilla was dying to get out