Chinese "knife" money

Discussion in 'Metalware' started by MiddleEast/Russia/China, Sep 23, 2015.

  1. Any info would be appreciated.
    2015-09-23 16.58.06.jpg 2015-09-23 16.58.51.jpg 2015-09-23 16.59.47.jpg 2015-09-23 17.00.48.jpg 2015-09-23 17.01.49.jpg
     
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  2. springfld.arsenal

    springfld.arsenal Store: http://www.springfieldarsenal.net/

    I'm ignorant on numismatics, but I do know that the object pictured isn't Chinese knife money (CKM). CKM was bronze and about 7" long, resembling a straight razor with a loop on end of handle. Your item appears to be iron, smaller, and wrong shape for CKM. I don't know what your item is, and I'm confused as to why it has green crud on it when iron doesn't produce green corrosion products that I know of.
     
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  3. You are correct, it is a weapon. On the crud issue most "bronze" age money & weapons have some degree of "crud". Half way down first page is a pic of the weapon I have. Also mine is same exact measurement
     
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  4. springfld.arsenal

    springfld.arsenal Store: http://www.springfieldarsenal.net/

    The link goes to a martial arts page with no knives. Anyway if u say it is bronze of course that explains the green stuff. I took the brown as iron but come to think of it, really old bronze can look like that. It does look completely like an excavated ancient bronze dagger.
     
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  5. terry5732

    terry5732 Well-Known Member

    The green looks new
     
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  6. www.ycgf.org › Hall_Cult-Arts › museum

    Do not know why when it pasted it didn't highlight the whole link
     
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  7. springfld.arsenal

    springfld.arsenal Store: http://www.springfieldarsenal.net/

  8. springfld.arsenal

    springfld.arsenal Store: http://www.springfieldarsenal.net/

  9. springfld.arsenal

    springfld.arsenal Store: http://www.springfieldarsenal.net/

    Might be.
     
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