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Tibetan Dao

Description:

Tibetan Dao, also known as Tibetan waist Dao, is not only an indispensable tool in people in Xizang's production and life, but also enjoys a high reputation at home and abroad because of its unique national characteristics in shape and craftsmanship. Even when describing Tibetan national characteristics, people are always associated with Dao. The knife surface is clean, and Tibetan knives can be roughly divided into three types: long knives, short knives and small knives. The longest knife is more than one meter, the shortest knife is about 4 centimeters, and the knife is only a dozen centimeters long.

History:

The official name of Tibetan Dao is "Folding Dao", which is named in memory of the hero Zhele Gambu.

In the distant years, most herders on Tibetan grasslands owned Tibetan knives. However, in order to maintain their power, the herders and leaders threatened the herdsmen to hand in knives, and many herders were taken away because they refused to hand in Tibetan knives. The news reached the hero Zhele Gambuer. In order to save his compatriots, he jumped on his horse and killed the shepherd and the leader with a knife. Zhele Gambu shed his last drop of blood because he was outnumbered. In order to commemorate him, the herdsmen renamed the Tibetan Dao "Zhele Ganbu Dao" or "Folding Dao" for short.

Tibetan Dao, which is also inherited by tangdao, has basically stopped its evolution and progress because there is no major foreign war and internal war. Nowadays, Tibetan knives are mostly used for life, decoration and self-defense. Tibetan Dao, which has a production history of more than 1 years, is exquisite in workmanship. The blade body is forged with steel, and the handle is made of horn or hard wood.

Features:

Tibetan Dao is not only a practical tool, but also has high artistic appreciation value. Nowadays, Tibetan Dao is a very tight tourist commodity and gift, which is deeply loved by people. The blade of Tibetan Dao is forged from steel, carefully processed by hand, with sharp blade and clean surface.

Tibetan knives can be roughly divided into three types: long knives, short knives and small knives. The longest knife is more than one meter, the shortest knife is about 4 centimeters, and the knife is only a dozen centimeters long.

In terms of shape, it has strong local characteristics, including pastoral style, Kangba style and post-Tibetan style.

There are many uses. For example, there are special chopping knives and slaughtering knives for cutting trees in forest areas, and even autocratic knives used in celestial burial grounds.

The handles of Tibetan Dao are mostly made of ox horn, ox bone or wood. The higher-grade handles are wrapped with silver wire and copper wire, while the scabbard is more exquisite. Except for the simple wooden scabbard or leather case, most of them are covered with brass, white copper and even silver, and they are engraved with various exquisite patterns of birds, animals, flowers and plants, and some of them are inlaid with various precious stones and gold plating, which makes them look particularly gorgeous and rich.

uses:

Tibetan Dao has four uses: production, life, self-defense and decoration. It has a production history of more than 1,6 years, and its workmanship is exquisite. The blade body is forged with automobile shock-absorbing spring steel, and the handle is made of buffalo horn, yak horn, ox bone, copper, logs and other materials.

Most exquisite Tibetan knives are made by skilled craftsmen. Because of their exquisite forging, exquisite engraving, dazzling colors and Tibetan characters, they are tied with colorful knife spikes, forming unique Tibetan handicrafts. Especially when friends move, get married or have a baby, sending Tibetan knives will make the owner feel particularly happy.

Material:

The main processing materials of Tibetan Dao are silver, copper (white copper, brass, red copper), iron, shark, ox horn, agate, hard miscellaneous wood, etc.

processing technology:

the process includes smelting and melting, mold casting, digging, engraving and inlaying, welding and assembling, reinforcement, filing and shaping, fine carving and magnesium washing and polishing.