Does the first knife of the Hanwai arc ring really exist?

The ring-headed iron knife in the collection is about 8 centimeters long and 8 centimeters wide, and 5 millimeters thickest at its thickest point. The flat shoulders are long, the blade is slightly adducted, and the cutting line is very clear. The pulp is beautiful and the condition is very complete.

There is still a remnant of a wooden handle at the hilt. The stem of the knife is wide and thick, and it will not be broken by slashing violently, but this knife is held in one hand, and the fierceness of the Han army at that time can be seen. The other cast ring head is thick and calm, and it is integrated with the cutter body.

This knife is very well preserved, lasted nearly 2,000 years, the wind and bones are particularly preserved, the combination of rigidity and softness, this knife is also one of the best Han ring head knives known to survive at present, the quality is far better than the vast majority of the same kind of iron knives unearthed from the Han tomb, showing the original appearance of the iron weapons of the Han Dynasty. Its good state of preservation and shape provide rare material for people to study the unique technology of ancient steel production and the tactical use of the ring head knife in the Han Dynasty, which can be described as a "national treasure" level collection. Born in the Han Dynasty in China, the ring head knife is a straight-edged long knife made of steel after repeated folding and quenching, which is the most advanced and lethal close-range cold weapon in the world at that time, and it is also a weapon of extraordinary significance in human history.

To some extent, it can be said that the Xiongnu were defeated by the ring head sword, and indirectly contributed to the great migration of Eurasian peoples at that time. The prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty is the first era that the Chinese people generally believe, this brilliance makes everything in that era covered with a different color, this color also includes all kinds of weapons of that era, how the true appearance of Tang knives and other weapons has always been a hot topic in the circle of ancient weapons lovers. In particular, some people believe that the Tang knife is the "ancestor" of the Japanese samurai sword (this statement will cause a lot of spat controversy, and it is not the content that Leng Jun wants), which makes many people have a special imagination of this kind of knife.

Like some ring-headed knives, the sword is made with a pickaxe (in fact, it is not so much that the Tang knife is the originator of the Japanese sword, perhaps the Han sword is more suitable, and the shape and forging method of the Tang knife are mostly inherited from the Han sword). As shown in the picture of the third knife on the right. The ring head knife can also be used with both hands, as shown in the fourth knife on the left in the picture.

Let's put it this way, if you take a knife in the shape of a three-piece sword or a knife made of blades, and attach it to the ring head, it will become a ring head knife. Therefore, all knife friends, when making knives, you should pay more attention to the inside of the knife (quenching and steel clamping technology is still different from Japanese knives), and you don't need to pay too much attention to the outside. <>

The first knife of the Han ring is cast in iron, which is very different from the knives of later generations. Among them, the ring-headed iron knife unearthed in Cangshan County, Linyi City, Shandong Province, the length of the whole knife is up to centimeters, the width is about 8 centimeters, and the thickest part is centimeters. The flat shoulders are long, the blade is slightly adducted, and the cutting line is very clear.

The pulp is very beautiful and the condition is very complete. There is also a part of the wooden handle at the hilt. The stem of the knife is broad and thick, and it is slashed violently so that it does not break.

However, this knife is held in one hand, which shows that the Han army generals at that time were majestic and fierce. This knife is very well preserved, lasted nearly 2000 years, the wind and bones still exist, the combination of rigidity and softness, it is one of the best ancient knives in the known world, showing the original appearance and style of the iron weapons of the Han Dynasty. Its good state of preservation and shape provide rare material materials for people to study the unique technology of ancient steel production and the tactical use of the ring head knife in the Han Dynasty, and can be described as a national treasure.

It is now in the collection of the Chinese History Museum.