Heavens! A very fine beginning
I'm unfamiliar with these particular weapons - would you mind providing some background info?
Thanks,
Oz
Thanks, I might just make some more.
Anyway, I couldn't find that much info on the swords but I do know that it is a ancient traditional sword (or swords
) and is more commonly referred to as "Wushu Tiger Head Hook Swords". I found this picture on the internet and didn't go into a great length of detail before making the icon.
I will keep searching for some more background info.
EDIT:
This should explain it much better:
"The hook is an ancient weapon that was evolved from the dagger-axe. During the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, the dagger-axe, hook and halbert were used at the same time. According to a bronze hook unearthed from a tomb of the Wei State, the hook looks like a halbert. The difference is that the halbert has a sharp blade on the head while the hook has a small hook on its head.
The General Outlines of Wushu shows there were varied shapes of hooks in the Song Dynasty including the claw cudgel, the fire hook with the double-hooked knife as its blade, and the fire fork, with an iron trident head. The long hook is held by two hands while the short hook was held by one hand. When the short hook is played, the Wushu practitioner has a hook in each hand or a hook in one hand and other weapon in another. There is also the flying-hook with a long four-blade head linked by an iron chain.
The hooks used in Wushu include single hook, twin hooks, antler-shaped hook, long-handled hook, and tiger head-shaped hooks in Wushu play. Of them, the twin hooks are the most used and belong to multi-blade weapons. The techniques of the hook play include hooking, drawing, hugging, carrying, holding, pressing, piercing, shaping, hanging, pulling, lifting and locking. It is said the twin hooks were used first by Dou Erdun of Xianxian County in Hebei Province in the reign of Emperor Daoguang of the Qing Dynasty.
The hook play routines include Cha-style, traveling, 12-speed, plum blossom and tiger-head, snow flake and curtain raising. Paired practice routines include tiger head hook versus spear. The styles of play differ from school to school."
