"Farmer Uses 'Dragon Sword' to Chop Vegetables" Topic
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Editor in Chief Bill | 24 Jun 2015 11:21 a.m. PST |
A farmer in China has been innocently chopping his vegetables with what could turn out to be an ancient and valuable sword. Yi Shouxiang of Chongqing says he found a rusty blade while working in his fields five years ago and decided to sharpen it.He soon noticed the Chinese characters for "dragon" and "sword" were engraved in the metal, but apparently didn't think much more of them as he began using the blade as a knife in his kitchen, the South China Morning Post reports. The blade didn't look precisely like a real sword, as it was missing a pointy head and a handle. When officials from a local cultural heritage center turned up looking for antique farm equipment, however, they realized the 60-year-old had something far more special on his hands… link |
Choctaw | 24 Jun 2015 11:30 a.m. PST |
I bet he is about to find himself the former owner of a dragon sword. |
DS6151 | 24 Jun 2015 11:56 a.m. PST |
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goragrad | 24 Jun 2015 11:49 p.m. PST |
Here is a link with a picture - link If that is the actual blade, it looks pretty good for its age. |
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