Search:

Type: Posts; User: GeneChing

Search: Search took 0.07 seconds.

  1. Replies
    25
    Views
    24,539

    Emblazoned Steel - Chinese Sword Exhibition

    Here's another dated exhibit - it's a modern maker but still worthy of the Arms & Armor Museum Exhibits thread, as well as the Longquan (Dragon Well Forge) thread
  2. Replies
    25
    Views
    24,539

    Making Longquan Sword in China

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wq9LuqKr-sw
  3. Replies
    25
    Views
    24,539

    Zhang Yesheng

    I'm merging the Longquan Jian thread with the Dragon Well Forge thread and re-titling it.
  4. Replies
    25
    Views
    24,539

    CMA is like that...

    On the front end of CMA, it's almost always average to low quality. But that's the nature of CMA research. You got to dig into those back rooms for the good stuff. Most people get put off because...
  5. Replies
    25
    Views
    24,539

    That's probably changed since then.

    Anyone who's been travelling in China realizes that it's changing at an incredibly rapid rate. My boss went to Dragon Well around '92 and things were a lot different then. China was still on the...
  6. Replies
    25
    Views
    24,539

    It used to be fairly inaccessible

    I've never been there personally, but my boss, Thomas Oh, has been. He went years ago, in fact, we were one of the first American companies to go it. At that time, it was only accesible by a...
  7. Replies
    25
    Views
    24,539

    Hanwei

    Hanwei is a singular forge, based in Dalien, PRC, under the direction of Paul Chen from Taiwan. I have yet to see any Hanwei knockoffs, but it wouldn't surprise me if they exist.
  8. Replies
    25
    Views
    24,539

    sort of right and wrong

    Actually there are several independant competing forges surrounding Dragon Well. In addition, there are several fake forges - forged forges if you will. These are makers that are not from Dragon...
  9. Replies
    25
    Views
    24,539

    going to Dragon Well

    It used to be a very difficult journey. I haven't been there myself, but my boss went years ago and said it took hours of driving up sketchy mountain roads. It might be different now, though. ...
  10. Replies
    25
    Views
    24,539

    Watch for our next issue.

    We have a piece on dragon well that I think you'll find very informative. It'll be in our Jan/Feb 2005, available at the end of Nov 2004. :cool:
Results 1 to 10 of 10