Korean Swords

[Ninjamom]

I recently returned from a trip to Seoul, Korea, where I was able to spend a good deal of time in the lower floor of the Korean War Memorial Museum, viewing early Korean swords and armaments.

I have posted all the sword pictures, with titles and descriptions, in an album on photobucket. If you would like to view the swords, please visit the slide show at:
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v333/areagan/Korean%20Swords%202008/?albumview=slideshow

You can hit the 'stop' button at the bottom of the page to advance through the pictures slowly. Hovering with your mouse over a picture's caption will make the entire caption viewable on screen. Comments/corrections/additions are welcome.


Enjoy!

[jks9199]

Unfortunately -- you've got it set to require a password, or I'd love to look at the swords!

[Ninjamom]

Oops! :o

Please try now.

[jks9199]

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Works now.

Nice pictures and captions.

[Brian R. VanCise]

Nice pictures all around. http://www.martialtalk.com/forum/images/icons/icon14.gif

I do have to wonder on a couple of the pieces if they are actually authentic to the periods described. This is always an issue with Korean documentation as the history is some times changed.

[Ninjamom]

Name one culture that never suffers from revisionist history ???

Still, the integrity and historical accuracy of this display stands the tests of peer-review and cross-checking with other sources.

Speaking of which .... while doing research on this topic, I came across a link for a video presentation of the swords display in the Korean Military Academy Museum (mms://media.kybc.org/2002/gokybc/20021128_300K.wmv). Their display covers swords of roughly the same time period, and the video includes the types of earlier stones daggers and bronze swords that I ommitted from my picture-taking.

I will add additional links to museum displays, as I find them.