

Such a package contains a blade made from mass produced blanks, partially finished by an artisan blacksmith. Low-priced Chinese wushu weapons are almost always delivered as packages containing just that minimal number of parts that require very specialized labor. The Chinese have solved this dilemma in an original way:

The construction of a "ready-to-use" weapon, though easy, is work-intensive, which greatly raises the price tag, though not necessarily the quality of the weapon parts. Low-price brackets naturally impose limitations on quality. Wushu (Pinyin: wu3 shu4 Chinese martial arts) adepts are always in search of an ideally inexpensive, source of the great diversity whushu weapons. Wushu Weapon manual by Oscar Reyes Foreword
