QUICK LOOK!!!: 19th Century Butterfly Knives

[mickey]

Greetings,

While surfing e b a y, I saw these:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/19th-C-Pair-of-Chinese-Butterfly-Swords-Tong-Knives-w-Original-Leather-Scabbard-/150563642746?pt=Asian_Antiques&hash=item230e4add7a#ht_500wt_712

If I learned these, I would have snapped these up immediately. They represent a very important part of America. It is interesting that these knives have seen three centuries in this country.


mickey

[Mano Mano]

They’re similar to the butterfly knives held in the Chinese collection at the Royal Armouries in Leeds here in the UK.

[Mano Mano]

These are the ones from the Royal Armouries along with some double straight swords.