The embroidered spring knife is the standard saber of the Ming Dynasty secret service Jinyiwei. The shape of the embroidered spring knife combines the characteristics of the Tang knife and the Shaolin plum blossom knife and the single knife, which is mainly lightweight, and at the same time narrow and slightly curved, which is easy to carry and attack at a medium distance.

Gao Dingzi of the Southern Song Dynasty wrote "The Story of the Embroidered Spring Garden", "In the past, the embroidered spring hall was named in the wine, and the hall was visited, and the site was unknown." The guest is to give words, embroidered spring Yan named to say, embroidered clothes spring when Xiao Han Li, color clothes to the court trend, is Du Shaoling into the line of the sentence, this name also. I want to be in the hall and face, the shipyard has room for the division, and the neighbors are also willing to benefit from the waste garden, which is the expansion of Geng's expansion and newness, and the bandit tour view, which shows the rise and fall of one also. —— "Song Dynasty Shu Wen Collection" volume 78, "Jingding Jiankang Zhi" volume 22

Tang Du Fu entered the concert and presented the Xishan Procuratorate Dou to serve the royal Dou to serve the emperor

The son of Ji, the chick of the phoenix. The age is less than thirty years old, and there is no bone fish. It is like a piece of clear ice out of ten thousand ravines, placed in the jade pot of windward cold dew. The cane syrup is returned to the kitchen, and the heat of washing is enough to calm the body. The rules of political dredging and canonization, Qi Lian are noble and noble. The military revolution has not stopped, and the Son of Heaven also misses the southwest corner. Tubo is quite rough with his mausoleum, and Dou's inspection should be timely. The strong man of the grain rope bridge is happy, and the poor ape of the wood fire well is shouting. Eight states stabbed Shi Si in a battle, but the three cities defended the border, but it was possible. This trip is not small, and it is very special to follow the holy decree. Embroidered clothes in the spring, when the sky is standing, the color clothes are trending to the court. The provincial Lang Jingyin will be picked up, and the river flowers will not fall back to Chengdu. Jianghua has not fallen back to Chengdu, and there is no old man willing to visit Huanhua. For the gentleman to drink full of eyes, and the slave rice and horses.

It can be known from Du Shi that this is the old Du to a Dou envoy who wants to play to the emperor, the Song people used the "embroidered spring when Xiao Hanli" in the sentence "embroidered spring" to make the name of the garden, to the Ming Dynasty, the Ming people will be Jinyi Wei with a knife called "embroidered spring knife", it is a classic, there is a big meaning, in order to show that the relationship between Jinyi Wei and the royal family is close, not for the sake of sound, out of thin air to think of a name.

The prototype of the embroidered spring knife is a Miao knife or a Tang knife (no one knows the specifics). Therefore, the appearance and style are similar to Miao knife and Tang knife, but the embroidered spring knife only has a straight spine and a slight arc of the blade, unlike the Tang knife, which is completely straight. The embroidered spring knife can be stabbed and slashed, and the lethality at that time was very good, and it was light and easy to carry.

The embroidered spring knife is a standard weapon worn by the brocade guard, the steel quality is excellent, the more high-ranking people, the purer the material of the embroidered spring knife received, and the casting of more layers of procedures, it is said that in addition to iron, it is also mixed with other metals, so that the blade is extremely sharp.

The embroidered spring knife is longer than the single knife, slightly shorter than the general long sword, the shape is a thick back and thin blade, like a razor, but the whole blade has a curve, the handle is quite long, can be used with both hands, not only conducive to foot combat, but also suitable for horse warfare, a knife to cut down, enough to cut off the entire horse head.