Chapter 247 Cossack Cavalry Sword?
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However, after many archaeologists' research, the word "ZhuZhuZhan" cannot be used in actual combat. The main reason is that the Bird Emperor's preferences are.
Because this person is the emperor after all, it is not his turn to go to battle to kill the enemy himself, so those knife makers who forged his swords consider more about the ornamentality of the swords rather than actual combat performance when making the swords. Therefore, the blades of the chrysanthemum verse are made lighter and lighter in weight.
It belongs to ornamental swords, not practical swords.
So although many Japanese people use the word "Chrysanthemum" to make the sword appear in the sky and there is nothing on the ground, this sword is actually just a flower stand and its practicality is not outstanding.
Of course, no matter what, the status of this sword in the hearts of the Japanese is extraordinary. First, it is the sword of this series, which was once the imperial sword of the Emperor family.
Secondly, this is the book "Chrysanthemum and the Knife" written by American female anthropologist Ruth Benedict back then, based on this series of swords.
Therefore, this Chrysanthemum Yizi Zezong series sword is one of the few Japanese swords with cultural significance in Japan, and is also a very good prop to promote Japanese culture. Therefore, even if the actual combat performance of this sword is not outstanding, it still has an insurmountable historical positioning in the hearts of the Japanese.
If you take it out for sale, Jin Muchen will probably start with a minimum price of tens of millions of dollars. As for the minimum transaction price, it should not be lower than his original black painted gold-painted box.
You should know that such a knife is prohibited from being sold and exported in Japan, just like domestic bronzes. It is definitely not sold, it is protected by national legislation, and it is a minefield for antique players.
It is precisely because of such Japanese laws and the scarcity of this knife that the price of this knife is very difficult to estimate. Even Jin Muchen, who has already known the pricing of the international antique market, is actually not sure how much the knife can be worth. Anyway, there can only be a lower price limit, but he really can't tell the exact limit.
Now I only spent 10,000 US dollars to get it. This cheapness can be considered a big profit.
But just as he was looking for something to pack the chrysanthemum sect sword, Jin Muchen had already squatted down and focused on the second knife in his package.
This knife is very obvious different from the previous Japanese knife. When Jin Muchen saw that, it flashed more with a cold white light.
The one he is looking at now is completely different from the Japanese sword. The blade is slender and straight, and the shape is a bit similar to the Tang sword. The back of the knife is slightly thick, the curve and the manufacturing style. This should be a Chinese sword, and the light flashing on the blade is that very mellow yellow. Based on the similar colors flashing on the antiques that Jin Muchen had seen before, it is inferred that if he guessed correctly, this should be a former royal imperial knife.
Unlike the previous Japanese knife, this knife has a scabbard, but the scabbard looks very ordinary and is very unmatched compared to the handle. It should be a back-matching.
The handle of the knife should be made of antelope horns, and it is polished very smoothly, and the patterns on it are also very fine. However, the scabbard is a very ordinary cowhide scabbard, which looks very new. It is completely different from the material of the antelope horns on the hilt, so Jin Muchen inferred that the scabbard should be matched with the back.
At this time, Na Lari was already holding the chrysanthemum Yizi Zezi Sect Knife wrapped in deer skin and handed the knife to Jin Muchen, who ordered him 10,000 yuan in cash.
When Larry saw Jin Muchen pulling away the thick green bills exposed in his handbag, he couldn't help but slid his throat and swallowed it a few mouthfuls of saliva.
Seeing Jin Muchen's eyes still staring at another knife on his stall, he quickly began to recommend it to Jin Muchen.
"Man, I think you are a person who knows the goods. You just bought the knife as a decoration, but if you use it, this knife must be much stronger than that one."
As he said that, this guy picked up the knife that Jin Muchen had been staring at from the stall and pulled the knife out of the sheath with a squeak.
As soon as the knife was unsheathed, a cold light flashed immediately. Jin Muchen stood close to him, and he could even feel the trembling and cold air coming from the blade of the knife. It was indeed a good knife.
Before Larry came back, he had seen this knife, but he just quietly pulled out a small piece and did not draw all the knife out of sheath, so he could not get the full picture of the knife.
Now that the knife was pulled out by Larry, he could immediately feel the extraordinary aura emitted from the knife.
The blade is slender and the light on the back is not visible, but you can also see the pattern that can only be used for superposition and forging. This is definitely a feature that only has been refined by refined steel. When looking at the blade, although it has been left for many years, the blade is still shining with cold light and air conditioning. There is no black spot on the blade, all of which are bright white light.
This was a very difficult test for the knife makers a hundred years ago. I don’t know how many times they had to hit the steel billet to remove the impurities inside so clean. I believe they had tried their best to make this knife.
"This knife was also obtained by my grandfather back then. When they first landed in Japan, you also knew that many Japanese war criminals wanted to search. At that time, this knife was taken out from a Japanese war criminal's home, but the style of this knife was not a Japanese sword. My grandfather inferred that this knife should be the Cossack cavalry knife seized from the Russians when the Japanese fought with the Russians..."
Larry held the knife in the air with a knife flower, with a few wisps of wind breaking through the wind. Just by listening to the sound, you can hear that this must be a good knife.
Then he turned the handle of the knife back and sent it to Jin Muchen's hand. Jin Muchen reached out to take it, but there was no big change in his face.
However, after he got the knife, he saw the words in the protection of the knife clearly, and while a huge wave was stirring up in his heart, he also cursed Larry and his grandfather.
It is indeed a military family. It has been so rough from generation to generation. Can I ask you to read more books?
There are Chinese characters engraved on it. How come this is the Cossack cavalry knife? Have you ever seen a Cossack cavalry carved Chinese characters on its own sword? Do you say you have seen such a straight Cossack cavalry knife?
The guardrail of this knife is also in the color of copper gilt, and the guardrail is also carved with very complex patterns. In the eyes of the big and thick-sized ones, these patterns are of no use, but in Jin Muchen's view, the meaning of these patterns is greater.
If you distinguish carefully, you can see that the patterns are all covered with Tibetan Buddhism's Wanli characters to ensure peace. They look a bit similar to Hitler's Wanli characters, but the meaning is very different.
There are also Tibetan patterns on the hilt and tail of this knife, which should be some blessings or mantras for ensuring peace by the Lamas in the capital back then.
There was even a small mechanism at the end of the handle of the knife, but this mechanism was the big and rude family of Larry, so it was impossible to see it at all, but Jin Muchen did not mean to open the mechanism in front of Larry.
He then turned his attention to the inscription carved on the handle of the knife, which was engraved on both sides of the blade, and both were in flower fonts.
If it weren't for people who were born in Chinese, it would be difficult to see the origin and significance of the text. However, for Jin Muchen, who has been studying ancient Chinese history for a long time, it is not a problem to recognize these two-sided characters.
One side is two seals with round stamped fonts. If you carefully distinguish them, you can see that these two words are written with the words "Proton"!
On the other side, there is a relatively poetic line of small characters "The Flying Dragon is Rare in the Sky". As an antique player, as long as someone who has read the history of the Qing Dynasty, he can basically determine the origin of the sword when he sees such words. This must be the sword of the big player of the Qing Dynasty, the old man Shiquan.
By the way, that old guy liked to play everything back then, and he liked to play the best.
He not only liked playing with jade, snuff bottles and other toys, but also liked playing with swords like this.
This knife is definitely not wrong with Qianlong's imperial knife, but only a knife and no scabbard, the knife will lose its color. You should know that Qianlong's imperial knife and some eye-catching good things are all reflected in the scabbard.
When Jin Muchen thought of this, he felt very regretful.
But it's not bad. This is Qianlong's imperial sword after all. Even if there is no scabbard, it would be worth it to have this real sword. At worst, I can just go back and give him a scabbard according to my preferences during the Qianlong period. After all, compared with scabbards, the more precious thing is the knife itself!
"Larry, this knife is really good, very sharp. I like it very much. You can offer a price!"
Jin Muchen generously asked Larry to offer a price. Larry, who was full of beard, was very happy at this time. She had been sitting here for a day and had no business. Although she could have thought that she could make two orders just when the stall was about to close.
"Well, this knife is only three thousand dollars."
Larry touched his beard and then quoted a price. When Jin Muchen heard this, he shook his head directly.
"Larry, this price is not good. This is just a Cossack cavalry knife, not a Japanese knife. Although he has been in his prime, he will not be at such a price."
Because the knife on the top is an absolutely good thing and is a world-famous Japanese knife, Jin Muchen will not bargain. After all, the price of the Japanese knife is there. (To be continued)
Chapter completed!