Korean Imperial Saber 

As a second generation Korean I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart, I'm still discovery my heritage and this brings me great joy!

Funnily, I am much more familiar with European swords and immediately thought 19th century saber when I saw this blade.

Fascinating as always. This is one of my favourite RU-vid channels and deserves far more subscribers.

Love seeing and learning about rare swords. Another one is the Thai daa.

Very interesting sword! Is the wrap on the handle original? It looked like a wrap over bare wood without the rayskin underneath which could easily unravel over the course of a century, but it is difficult to say for sure. This blade has many mysteries!

Every time I watch his videos, I can't help but think he looks like David Carradine's younger, nerdier brother.

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Great presentation Sifu, thank you for sharing, as I love learning as much as I can, blessings

Thank you so much about explaining for Korean traditional sword

As per usual, your knowledge and insight bring light to some of the mysteries and anomalies, that sometimes exist in the design of eastern edged weapons. For over twenty years, this sword has intrigued and confounded me. My thoughts are along the same lines, Laoshi, as I've a few quality European sabers. The forging technique and cloth wrapping do resemble Chinese examples and given the cross-cultural exchanges during the late 19th century, this really comes as no surprise. Chinese smith or perhaps, a Chinese-trained Korean smith? The Japanese influence is quite obvious, as is the similarity to the famous Kogasu Maru. And it's up for sale now! Thank you for the excellent review! 🐼

Interesting blade shape .. I'd say it's a one off ..I think Korean troops had to buy their own sword. If I had to guess probably the blacksmith is Chinese or at least his style of manufacturing is old Chinese . It's not clay tempered like japanese swords it's pattern welded damascus pretty much more like a watered steel sword and was trying to be innovative perhaps hoping to sell his new sword design the blade tip is copied from a European cavalry sword ..it's an amalgamation of several designs gotta admit it's a good design ..

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Many swords from Korea that are similar are considered, by collectors, to be re-purposed European swords. Looks similar to a Prussian sabre. I may have some pics if you are interested.

Laoshe.. thank you for posting the video

I knew u would answer my question about if Korea would have their own sword. Very cool!

Hi Scott, I emailed last week. Hope you got it

Great video sifu but i have a question how can i follow you to know when you are presenting a workshop in canada in swordsmanship??

Korean swords look either like japanese or chinese swords with wierd unique spins on them like extra fat jian blades, asymmetrical katana/dao blades (found in no other culture on earth), bare ray/sharkskin hilts, so on and so forth.

Mr. *(Master) Scott M. Rodell That was a very nice presentation of the historical context by which this particular "Hwando" *(환도; 環刀) - Korean Sword was produced, I have a unique appreciation for historical armaments of Korea's past in that I am the leading authority under Grandmaster Hwang In-Mo, 10th-Dahn & Hyejangnim *(회장님; 會長님) - Chairman of the World Chung Do Mu Sool Won Association - 세계정도무술원협회 *(Korea Chung Do Mu Sool Won - 한국정도무술원) - Traditional Korean Royal Court Martial Fine Arts Association - 전통한국궁중무예술협회, and Co-Owner and President of the Hwang-Ha Do/Gum LLC Traditional Korea Royal Court Sword Forge 황하도검단조 黃河刀劍鍛造. This is a subject that is rarely ever touched upon outside of a small circle of academics and a few knowledgeable Korean Swordsmiths and Traditional Korean Sword Grandmasters, so I would like to thank you that was a very nice and concise historical presentation that even the average Korean Sword enthusiast would find informative and beneficial background material for the context of their training environment. Sincerely Grandmaster Michael Augsburger, 9th-Dahn & Wonjang *(원장; 院長) - President of the World Chung Do Mu Sool Won Association *(Korea Chung Do Mu Sool Won) - Traditional Korean Royal Court Martial Fine Arts Association. facebook.com/profile.php?id=100057095933572 facebook.com/groups/CDMSW facebook.com/Hwang-Ha-DoGum-LLC-Traditional-Korea-Royal-Court-Sword-Forge-%ED%99%A9%ED%95%98%EB%8F%84%EA%B2%80%EB%8B%A8%EC%A1%B0-%E9%BB%83%E6%B2%B3%E5%88%80%E5%8A%8D%E9%8D%9B%E9%80%A0-153921668647504

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I see here you have a vietnamese saber can you do a video to review that sword, thank you!