Large 19th C. Chinese TRIDENT or TIGER SPEAR PoleArm Weapon Sword Dagger Halberd

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Large 19th C. Chinese TRIDENT or TIGER SPEAR PoleArm Weapon Sword Dagger Halberd:
$202.50

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Thank you and Happy Holiday Season to All large 19th century example of the Chinese Tiger spear, although considered to have been used for hunting tigers it has also been widely used in Military combat and martial art fighting up to and during the Boxer Rebellion period at the end of 19th century. This massive example is of two piece steel construction riveted in the center and adorned by the brass or copper flower rivet caps on both sides, the central blade is of square section and is fully capable of piercing through armor, while the side blades are pf more flattened section and were used for widevariety of combat tasks. Nice rich patina overall, the side blades having slight play, otherwise in sound original condition, probably dating from around 1850s or slightly later.Fork

The fork is one of the long-handled weapons. It was used in ancient battles on the water. The best known is the ox head fork (niu tou cha), or the tiger fork (hu cha), with long and straight central prong and the two on the sides resembling the ox horns. The varieties of forks are numerous and they have been mainly developed into three kinds, namely, two-pronged, three-pronged and five-pronged fork. The two-pronged fork is called dragon palpus fork (long xu cha). The three-pronged fork is called triangular fork (san jiao cha). The five-pronged fork is called flying fish fork (fei yu cha).

Chinese soldiers of an unidentified banner or milita unit in the early 1900s. Note the officer mounted on the horse on the right. The polearms
appear to be yinyuedao (slightly over 2 meters
long), also commonly known as the kwando/guandao,
and a Chinese version of the trident

A high-ranking Mandarin officer flanked by 4 Tiger Tooth Dao(huyadao) bearers, 2 on his left and 2 on
his right. These Tiger Tooth Dao are characterised by a round shaft handle, with a shaft vs blade
ratio of 1:1. The weapons appear to be about 1.7 -1.8 meters long. Click on the above pic to view
earlier Ming versions of these polearms
Overall length 28 1/4\"Overall width 13 1/4\"

On May-03-16 at 21:57:31 PDT, seller added the following information:

A high-ranking Mandarin officer flanked by 4 Tiger Tooth Dao(huyadao) bearers, 2 on his left and 2 on
his right. These Tiger Tooth Dao are characterised by a round shaft handle, with a shaft vs blade
ratio of 1:1. The weapons appear to be about 1.7 -1.8 meters long. Click on the above pic to view
earlier Ming versions of these polearmsChinese soldiers of an unidentified banner or milita unit in the early 1900s. Note the officer mounted on the horse on the right. The polearms
appear to be yinyuedao (slightly over 2 meters
long), also commonly known as the kwando/guandao,
and a Chinese version of the trident