Palatial Tang Dao

Palatial Tang Dao is another celebration of the diversity of Tang Heng Dao featuring a straight and chisel blade profile. Like the military Tang Heng Dao, this is a single handed straight dao featuring a scabbard with two-point suspension system influenced by the Sasanian swords.  Palatial Tang Dao can be used for combat on foot as well as on horseback.  Palatial Tang Dao was powerful and was the standard side arm for imperial guards.  Tang Dao was expensive to make and each piece worth about one month's salary of a junior level government official.  As an expensive military resource, Tang Dao was forbidden to be used as funeral goods.  As a result, there were very few unearthed specimens found today. Fortunately, Tang Dao was pursued by the Japanese delegates and sent back to Japan as treasures for the royal court and those few rare Tang Dao samples are preserved in Nara today. The fitting design of Palatial Tang Dao is based on a rare Tang Dao in private collection.

Cut bamboo with ease.  
Polish to a sharp and hard cutting edge. 
Rosewood scabbard. 

Fit and finish
We perfected the fit and finish of our swords and the assembly is meticulously performed by our senior craft masters. It takes one whole working day for a craftsman to assemble our swords

Blade only weight: Approx. 794g
Sword only weight: Approx. 964g 
Blade Length: 73.91cm 
Handle Length: 21.34cm 
Total Length: 95.25cm 
Width at hand guard: 3cm   
Width at tip: 2.14cm 
Thickness at hand guard: 7.0mm 
Thickness at tip: 4.0mm
Point of Balance: 15.24cm from hand guard
Blade length wide profile: Straight blade, chisel tip 

All dimensions are approximate and may vary from piece to piece.