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These Wing Chun Butterfly Swords have a blade in the "Narrowing Stabber" style. The Narrowing Stabber is mainly used for piercing opponents. The narrower blade and sharper tip facilitate this. These blades are good for stabbing and slicing, but sacrifice some chopping ability. You will notice that the top edge of the blade (the spine) is also angled downward. This give the sword more piercing power as the tip is in alignment with the handle and wrist. This is very similar to how they made the swords in the Red Boat (war) era of Wing Chun's history. These are lighter and faster than the choppers. Our 12" stabber was based on a historical triangular design rather than using one of the ugly modern rectangles that had no precedent in historical China (and are just a low cost manufacturing innovation).
The Premium line of EWC's swords are similar to the Flagship line, with a few fundamental differences. The main differences are 1) The tang is a hidden tang that runs
inside the handle 2) We use a straight handle, not an angled handle. 3)
Overall they are a little lighter. Otherwise they are the same
high-quality swords as the flagship line, which is our full tang weapon-grade line of swords. The best
steels and the best construction methods are used. The balance, fit and
finish are extraordinary. They sport
hot-drop-forged D-Guards in ASAI 304 stainless steel; a quillon designed
for flipping and trapping. The blades have distal and profile tapers
(not a flat piece of steel) and sport either an true lenticular or wide
hollow grind. The swords have full handles, not half handles.
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