Introduction:

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 modeling and technology. Even when describing Tibetan national characteristics, people are always associated with Taoism. 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 40 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 safeguard their rights, herders and leaders threatened to hand over their knives, and many herders were taken away because they refused to hand over their Tibetan knives. The news reached the hero Zhele gamble. 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 memory of him, the herdsmen renamed the Tibetan Dao "Zhele Gampo Dao" or "Folding Dao" for short.

The Tibetan Dao, which was also passed down from the Tang Dynasty and Taoism, basically stopped its evolution and progress because there was no major foreign war and civil war. Nowadays Tibetan knives are mostly used for living, decoration and self-defense. Tibetan Dao, with a production history of 1000 years, has exquisite craftsmanship. The blade is forged with steel, and the handle is made of horn or hardwood.

Features:

Tibetan Dao is not only a practical tool, but also has high artistic appreciation value. Now 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, sharp and smooth.

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 40 centimeters, and the knife is only a dozen centimeters long.

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

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

The handle of Tibetan Dao is mostly made of ox horn, ox bone or wood. The handle of high-grade knife is wrapped with silver wire and copper wire, and the scabbard is more exquisite. In addition to simple wooden sheaths or leather cases, most of them are wrapped in brass, white copper or even silver, carved with various exquisite patterns of birds, animals and flowers, and some are inlaid with various gems and gold plating, which makes them particularly gorgeous and rich.

Use:

Tibetan Dao has four uses: production, life, self-defense and decoration. With the production history of 1600 years, the technology 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 carving, dazzling colors and colorful spikes in Tibetan, unique Tibetan handicrafts have been formed. Especially when friends move, get married or have children, giving Tibetan knives will make the owner feel particularly happy.

Production materials:

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

Processing technology:

The process includes melting, die casting, excavation, engraving and inlaying, welding combination, reinforcement, filing and shaping, fine carving and magnesium washing and polishing.