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Hanwei is a company manufacturing swords, operated by Chen Chao-Po, better known by his pseudonym Paul Chen.

Chen is a Taiwanese sword collector who in ca. 1997 opened a factory in Dalian manufacturing inexpensive replicas of Edo period Japanese swords. The manufacturing process imitates methods of traditional Japanese swordsmiths, for a fraction of the price. Hanwei enjoyed considerable success among hobbyists (e.g. practitioners of Iaido) due to the prohibitive pricetag of "real" Japanese shinken and has moved into manufacturing models of Chinese and European swords as well, including typical specimens of a Viking sword, a knightly sword and a hand-and-a-half sword.

Distribution

Hanwei swords are distributed in the United States by C.A.S. Iberia, Inc. and utilizes a number of authorized dealers to reach consumers.

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Daggers	Anelace Applegate–Fairbairn fighting knife Arkansas toothpick BC-41 Bagh nakh Balarao Baselard Bichuwa Bollock dagger Cinquedea Dha Dirk Ear dagger Emeici Facón French Nail Gunong Hunting dagger Janbiya Jile Kabutowari Kaiken Kalis Katar Khanjali Khanjar Kris Kunai Liaoning dagger Mark I trench knife Microtech Jagdkommando Parrying dagger Poignard Pugio Push dagger Rondel dagger Seme Shobo Sica Stiletto Tantō U.S. Marine Raider stiletto V-42 Yoroi-dōshi
Manufacturers	Aitor Knife Company Al Mar Knives American Tomahawk Company Aritsugu Benchmade Böker Buck Knives Camillus Cutlery Company Cattaraugus Cutlery Company Chris Reeve Knives Chroma Cnife Clauss Cutlery Company Cobray Company Cold Steel Columbia River Knife & Tool Cuisinart Cutco Dalian Hanwei Metal Dexter-Russell Ek Commando Knife Co. EKA Emerson Knives F. Dick Fällkniven FAMAE Fiskars Gerber Legendary Blades Füritechnics Glock Ges.m.b.H. Imperial Schrade Ivan's Ka-Bar Kershaw Knives KitchenAid Korin Japanese Trading Company Kyocera Leatherman Mad Dog Knives Marble Arms Medford Knife and Tool Microtech Knives Morseth Muela Murphy Knives OLFA Ontario Knife Company Opinel Randall Made Knives Ranz Cuchillos Rösle Sabatier Shun Cutlery Slice, Inc. SOG Specialty Knives Spyderco STI Knives Strider Knives Thiers Issard TOPS Knives Tramontina Victorinox W. R. Case & Sons Cutlery Co. Carl Walther GmbH Wenger Western Knife Company Wilkinson Sword Wüsthof Yoshida Metal Industry Global Zero Tolerance Knives Zwilling J. A. Henckels
Knifemakers	Rex Applegate James Black Blackie Collins John Nelson Cooper Ernest Emerson Jerry Fisk Bill Harsey Jr. Phill Hartsfield Gil Hibben Jimmy Lile Bob Loveless William F. Moran Ken Onion Ralph Osterhout Bo Randall Chris Reeve A. G. Russell Jody Samson William Scagel Mike Snody Robert Terzuola Michael Walker Buster Warenski Daniel Winkler
Associations	American Bladesmith Society Cutlery and Allied Trades Research Association Knifemakers' Guild
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 '''Hanwei''' is a company manufacturing [[sword]]s, operated by '''Chen Chao-Po''', better known by his pseudonym '''Paul Chen'''.
-Chen is a [[Taiwan]]ese sword collector who in ca. 1997 opened a factory  in [[Dalian]] manufacturing inexpensive replicas of [[Edo period]] [[Japanese sword]]s. The manufacturing process imitates methods of traditional Japanese swordsmiths, for a fraction of the price.  Hanwei enjoyed considerable success among hobbyists (e.g. practitioners of [[Iaido]]) due to the prohibitive pricetag of "real" Japanese [[shinken]] and has moved into manufacturing models of Chinese and European swords as well, including typical specimens of a [[Viking sword]], a [[knightly sword]] and a [[hand-and-a-half sword]].
+[[Image:Hanwei-Agincourt.jpg|thumb|200px|Agincourt replica sword made by Hanwei]]Chen is a [[Taiwan]]ese sword collector who in ca. 1997 opened a factory  in [[Dalian]] manufacturing inexpensive replicas of [[Edo period]] [[Japanese sword]]s. The manufacturing process imitates methods of traditional Japanese swordsmiths, for a fraction of the price.  Hanwei enjoyed considerable success among hobbyists (e.g. practitioners of [[Iaido]]) due to the prohibitive pricetag of "real" Japanese [[shinken]] and has moved into manufacturing models of Chinese and European swords as well, including typical specimens of a [[Viking sword]], a [[knightly sword]] and a [[hand-and-a-half sword]].
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Dalian Hanwei Metal: Difference between revisions

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